Back in the old VW dune buggy days you had 2 levers on the parking brake cable so you could stop the spinning wheel and get the one that had some traction going. I bet this thing just brakes the track on the inside of the turn you want to make. It works as long as you do not…
Read the full replyIMO, only the first 1:30 of this video is any good, the rest is really boring "tractors stuck in the mud" footage.
If I understand how the rig works, the rear wheels of the truck drive the tracks, but I don't see how the driver turns it - unless he can somehow alter the power to each set of rear wheels separately. That's not normal for a pickup truck.
What am I missing?
Back in the old VW dune buggy days you had 2 levers on the parking brake cable so you could stop the spinning wheel and get the one that had some traction going. I bet this thing just brakes the track on the inside of the turn you want to make. It works as long as you do not have a limited slip bucket in the truck.
Meaning that the truck would have to have been modified to work like that since pickup trucks don't normally have 2 parking brakes.
The brake can be in the track mechanism. The effect will be the same.
How would the driver access/operate it?
Dunno, I was just dealing with the mechanics of turning tracked vehicles. Watch a tank movie and watch them stop the inside track to turn. With a standard rear axle, that would work fine. I suppose for instinctive turning, using something available, you would key something off the front tires.
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