a. Skids installed
on D6 bulldozer.
76.2
76.2
Note
All dimensions in mm
76.2 Rad.
25.4 Rad.
3 Cone
b. Sketch of dimensions of skids for bulldozers and for
101.6
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motor grader.
14G
L.G.P. D8
Figure 29. Adjustable skids used to hold equipment blades a fixed distance above the ice surface.
forward and backward casting deflection). The abil-
An attempt was made to strip the snow di-
ity to have a wide range of control over casting in
rectly from the ice surface with the snowblower.
very important. It allows precise placement of
The problem of ice gouging, as experienced with
debris and makes it possible to work when winds
the blades, was also found to exist for the cutting
are from any direction. Side tilt of the blower was
edge of the blower. We equipped the blower with
not present nor needed for our application.
skids similar to those for the bulldozer blade, and
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