Vehicle used by utility company responsible for maintenance of microwave relay stations in remote mountain areas of Western States must be capable of transporting two or four men and one-half or three-quarters of ton of cargo over snow which is undergoing gradual, but continuous, change of density and grain structure; therefore, consideration must be given to vehicle weight, ground pressures, suspension type, steering method, track cleat design, and overall vehicle weight-size relationships if vehicles are to negotiate successfully wide variety of snow and other surfaces over which they travel.


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    Title :

    Parameters of over-snow vehicles design


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1968 Public utilities



    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Parameters of Over-Snow Vehicle Design

    Eskelson, Ross W. | SAE | 1968




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