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A Design Study in Steel - ME Elecmetal Crawler Track Shoe

Crawler Track Shoe -- Application

Crawler  Drive Unit   (NASA Photo)

Each crawler transporter travels on four crawler drive units, with one unit on each corner of the transporter.

  • The drive units are like a bulldozer.  Each drive unit has two tracks consisting of a string of 57 crawler shoes linked together. 

  • The full length of an individual track is over 120 feet. 

With a total of eight tracks for the four drive units, each crawler transporter uses a total of 456 shoes.  

 
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Last Modified:July, 2006 by STG

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