WHEELED TRACTOR Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: manufacture of wheeled tractors in repair shops and plants. SUBSTANCE: tractor comprises front 1 and rear 7 welded half-frames. Front half-frame 1 carries engine 2 connected via clutch 3, gearbox 4 and transfer case 5 with front driving axle 6. Installed on rear half-frame are rear driving axle 8 and PTO shaft connected by propeller shafts 9 with transfer case, and hydraulic implement control linkage 10. The design of brackets fastening the driving axles to frame relieves them of vertical load and permits making axle housings of a light-alloy of the type used on military wheeled vehicles. Front and rear half-frames are interconnected by welded joint. Hydraulic steering cylinders are connected to this joint. EFFECT: improved design. 3 cl, 7 dwg