Snow groomer
AssigneeRolic Invest S.Ar.L.
InventorMichel Pelletier
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Abstract
A snow groomer having a frame extending along a longitudinal axis; ten supporting wheels connected to the frame by respective axle shafts to form a row of five supporting wheels on each longitudinal side of the frame, each supporting wheel on one longitudinal side of the frame facing a supporting wheel on the opposite longitudinal side of the frame, so that facing pairs of supporting wheels define a first, second, third, fourth, and fifth axle; two tracks, each looped about the supporting wheels aligned along a respective longitudinal side of the frame; an engine assembly of over 430 HP; and a mass distributed as follows: 16%+/−2% on the first axle; 20%+/−2% on the second axle; 20%+/−2% on the third axle; 22%+/−2% on the fourth axle; and 22%+/−2% on the fifth axle.
Claims11
A snow groomer comprising:
- a frame extending along a longitudinal axis;
- ten supporting wheels connected to the frame by respective axle shafts to form a row of five supporting wheels on each longitudinal side of the frame, each supporting wheel on one longitudinal side of the frame facing a supporting wheel on the opposite longitudinal side of the frame, so that facing pairs of supporting wheels define a first axle, a second axle, a third axle, a fourth axle, and a fifth axle;
- two tracks, each track looped about the supporting wheels aligned along a different one of the respective longitudinal sides of the frame;
- and
- an engine assembly of over 430 horsepower, such that a mass distribution of the snow groomer is as follows:
- (a) 16%+/−2% on the first axle;
- (b) 20%+/−2% on the second axle;
- (c) 20%+/−2% on the third axle;
- (d) 22%+/−2% on the fourth axle;
- and
- (e) 22%+/−2% on the fifth axle.
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