Dimensional wheel body for a compaction machine

A dimensional compactor wheel comprising:

• a hub mountable to an axle of a compaction machine;
• a tapered rim mounted on the hub, the rim comprising a wrapper having an inner circumferential edge and an outer circumferential edge;
• a plurality of cleat pads formed on the wrapper and each extending axially outward from the wrapper, the plurality of cleat pads being spaced apart from one another on the wrapper such that a valley is formed between each adjacent pair of cleat pads;
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• a plurality of cleats affixed to each of the plurality of cleat pads and extending radially outward therefrom;
• wherein each of the plurality of cleat pads comprises a cleat pad having a tapered thickness such that a distance which the cleat pad extends axially outward from the wrapper varies along a length of the cleat pad.

A compactor wheel mountable on an axle of a compaction machine, the compactor wheel comprising:

• a hub mountable to an axle of a compaction machine;
• a rim mounted around an outer circumference of the hub, the rim comprising a wrapper having an inner circumferential edge and an outer circumferential edge;
• a plurality of cleat pads formed on the wrapper and each extending axially outward from the wrapper, the plurality of cleat pads being spaced apart from one another on the wrapper such that a valley is formed between each adjacent pair of cleat pads;
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• a plurality of cleats affixed to each of the plurality of cleat pads and extending radially outward therefrom;
• wherein the rim further comprises a center pad formed on the wrapper and encircling the wrapper at approximately a midpoint thereof between the inner circumferential edge and the outer circumferential edge, the center pad extending radially outward from the wrapper.