Mobile industrial equipment and methods of use
AssigneeSteve L. Gilbert
InventorSteve L. Gilbert
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Abstract
In one example, mobile industrial equipment for coupling to a truck for on highway transportation is provided. The mobile industrial equipment includes a frame to connect to the truck, a plurality of wheels connected to the frame, and a track assembly connected to the frame. In another example a method for using mobile equipment is provided. The method includes transporting mobile industrial equipment over the highway with a plurality of wheels connected to a frame of the mobile industrial equipment. The frame of the mobile industrial equipment is separated from the truck. The mobile industrial equipment is moved while separated from the truck using a track connected to the frame of the mobile industrial equipment.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method for using mobile industrial equipment, comprising:
- separating a frame of the mobile industrial equipment from a truck, the frame being at a first vertical position;
- raising the frame vertically to a second vertical position;
- connecting a track assembly to the frame with one or more track connectors;
- and
- moving the mobile industrial equipment using the track assembly, the track assembly extending laterally beyond the lateral periphery of a wheel assembly.
A method for transporting mobile industrial equipment across a surface, comprising:
- separating a frame of the mobile industrial equipment from a truck;
- raising the frame vertically to move a wheel assembly away from the surface;
- moving a track assembly connected to the frame with one or more track connectors from a stowed configuration to an engaged configuration and toward the surface;
- and
- moving the mobile industrial equipment using the track assembly, the track assembly extending laterally beyond the lateral periphery of the wheel assembly.
A method for transporting mobile industrial equipment across a surface, comprising:
- separating a frame of the mobile industrial equipment from a truck, the frame having a wheel assembly in contact with the surface;
- raising the frame vertically away from the surface while maintaining a wheel point of contact relative to the frame;
- supporting the frame with a track assembly having a track assembly point of contact relative to the frame, the track assembly point of contact being farther from the frame than the wheel point of contact;
- and
- moving the mobile industrial equipment using the track assembly, the track assembly extending laterally beyond the lateral periphery of the wheel assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.