Split chaincase with fixed axles

A transmission housing for a tool carrier, said transmission housing having at least one power drive case adjacent a side of the transmission housing, a drive assembly in the at least one power drive case including a cross drive shaft extending across the power drive case, said cross drive shaft having an inner drive shaft carrier on an interior wall of the power drive case, and having an outer drive shaft carrier mounted on an exterior of a first side wall of the transmission housing forming a wall of the power drive case, said cross drive shaft extending through an opening of the first side wall, a first bearing carried by the inner drive shaft carrier supporting a first portion of the cross drive shaft, a second bearing carried by the outer drive shaft carrier supporting a second portion of the cross drive shaft, and at least one drive member on the cross drive shaft positioned in the power drive case for driving drive components for powering ground drives for a tool carrier with which the transmission housing is used.

A compact loader comprising:

• a transmission housing having first and second spaced apart outer side walls, a pair of front axle housings and a pair of rear axle housings, one front axle housing and one rear axle housing passing through openings in each of the first and second outer side walls and being welded to the first and second outer side walls at front and rear locations, respectively, said axle housings having inner ends positioned in an interior defined in the transmission housing, support members welded to the respective first and second outer side walls and having support wall portions spaced outwardly from the respective outer side walls, said support member support wall portions being welded to the respective front and rear axle housings at locations spaced laterally outwardly from the respective outer side walls of the transmission housing.

A transmission housing for a tool carrier, the transmission housing having first and second spaced side walls;

• first and second power drive cases, the first power drive case being adjacent the first side wall and the second power drive case being adjacent the second side wall, the power drive cases each being between the first and second spaced side walls, the power drive cases forming interior chambers and having rear end openings, and a support arm mounted in rear portions of each of the first and second power drive cases, each support arm having a portion fitting into a respective interior chamber of the respective power drive case and being welded to the respective power drive case to secure the support arms and to seal the rear end openings of the interior chambers of the power drive cases, the support arms having support portions extending rearwardly of the power drive cases for supporting members mounted on the transmission housing.

A method of forming a transmission housing for a tool carrier comprising providing a housing having a bottom wall and first and second spaced apart side walls secured to said bottom wall by a process of forming corners or welding the side walls to the bottom wall, forming first and second power drive cases between said first and second side walls, forming a first power drive case in combination with the first side wall and the second power drive case in combination with the second side wall, said power drive cases each being provided with a case wall, each case wall having a side case wall portion parallel to the respective side wall and a top case wall portion parallel to the bottom wall, welding the side case wall portion of each of the power drive cases to the bottom wall, and welding the top case wall portions of each of the power drive cases to the respective side wall, and sealingly closing forward and rear ends of both of the respective power drive cases.