Brake assembly for a tracked vehicle

A track assembly for a farm implement, the track assembly comprising:

• a track frame;
• a first idler wheel having an inboard side facing toward a center of the track frame and an outboard side facing away from the center of the track frame;
• and
• a first brake assembly having a first disc coupled to the first idler wheel on the outboard side of the first idler wheel, a first caliper couplable to first and second sides of the first disc, and a first torque arm coupled to the track frame and a spindle of the first idler wheel,
• wherein the first caliper is mounted on the first torque arm, and the first caliper is configured to clamp down on the first and second sides of the first disc in order to slow and/or stop rotation of the first idler wheel.

A brake assembly kit mountable to a track assembly having a track frame and a first idler wheel having an inboard side facing toward a center of the track frame and an outboard side facing away from the center of the track frame, the brake assembly kit comprising:

• a disc couplable to the first idler wheel on the outboard side of the first idler wheel;
• a caliper couplable to first and second sides of the disc;
• and
• a torque arm couplable to the track frame and a spindle of the first idler wheel;
• wherein the caliper is mountable on the torque arm, and the caliper is configured to clamp down on the first and second sides of the disc when mounted on the torque arm, in order to slow and/or stop rotation of the first idler wheel.

A farm implement comprising:

• a frame;
• first and second track assemblies for assisting in moving the farm implement along a ground surface in a line of travel;
• wherein the first track assembly and the second track assembly are positioned on opposite lateral sides of a central longitudinal axis of the frame;
• the first track assembly having a first track frame, a first idler wheel, and a first brake assembly;
• the first idler wheel having an inboard side facing toward a center of the first track frame and an outboard side facing away from the center of the first track frame;
• the first brake assembly having a first brake drum coupled to the first idler wheel on the outboard side of the first idler wheel, a first brake shoe assembly capable of engaging an inner surface of the first brake drum, and a first torque arm coupled to the first track frame and a spindle of the first idler wheel;
• and
• wherein the first brake shoe assembly is mounted on the first torque arm, and the first brake shoe assembly is configured to engage against the inner surface of the first brake drum in order to slow and/or stop rotation of the first idler wheel.

A track assembly for a farm implement, the track assembly comprising:

• a track frame;
• and
• a first idler wheel having an inboard side facing toward a center of the track frame and an outboard side facing away from the center of the track frame,
• wherein the track assembly is configured to receive a first brake assembly such that when the first brake assembly is received the first brake assembly has a first disc coupled to the first idler wheel on the outboard side of the first idler wheel, a first caliper couplable to first and second sides of the first disc, and a first torque arm coupled to the track frame and a spindle of the first idler wheel, wherein the first caliper is mounted on the first torque arm, and the first caliper is configured to clamp down on the first and second sides of the first disc in order to slow and/or stop rotation of the first idler wheel.