Excavator and bulldozer track shoes pad function Most excavators use triple grouser track shoes, a few use double grouser track shoes. In the design of triple grouser track shoes, first of all, the specific pressure of grounding and the meshing soil capacity between the reinforcement and the ground should be calculated to ensure the necessary adhesion; second, the track shoes should have high bend...

Choosing Track Shoe Width and Grouser Type for Mud, Rock and Finished Surfaces Track shoes look simple: a steel plate bolted to the chain with a bar underneath. In practice, shoe width and grouser type decide how well a crawler machine grips the ground, how much it sinks, how fast the undercarriage wears, and whether the surface it works on survives the job. The same machine can be badly matched t...