Wheels for displacement trucks

A wheel for a displacement truck, comprising:

• a wheel body having opposing longitudinal body faces and a circumferential face;
• and
• removable ribs each comprising opposing longitudinal rib faces and one radial face;
• wherein the wheel body and each of the ribs are arranged concentrically to a central axis of reference and define a central through hole in a center of the longitudinal body faces and the longitudinal rib faces, respectively;
• wherein each of the ribs have a circular profile with an outer radius larger than an outer radius of the wheel body and wherein a portion of each of the ribs is sized so that the portion protrudes from the wheel body and is configured to contact a side face of a rail;
• wherein each of the ribs are fixed substantially in parallel to the wheel body so that one of the longitudinal rib faces of each of the ribs is at least partially in contact with a corresponding one of the longitudinal body sides;
• wherein each of the ribs is segmented into at least two different parts;
• wherein the central through hole defined by the wheel body is sized to couple with an axle of a wheelset of the displacement truck;
• wherein at least one of the ribs is removable from the wheel body when the wheel body is mounted on the axle of the wheelset:
• and
• wherein the ribs are planar.