Characteristics of tractor dozer and comparison with features of tractor shovel; general design features of rubber-tired tractor dozer of particular importance to quarry and other heavy duty applications include component construction, rigid, self-locking front drive axle, oscillating steering drive axle, low center of gravity, practical weight distribution, integrated power trains, and hydraulic controls; tractor dozer may be applied to tasks of stripping overburden and utility dozing, shovel cleanup, trap feeding, stockpile dressing and haul road maintenance.
Rubber-tyred tractor dozers in opencast operations
Min J
Mining Journal ; 260 , n 6654
1963
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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