[QUOTE=6X6;84811]. You should be able to make a mechanical setup if the clutch is set inboard, and you could then lock the diff and still steer. You'll need a solid stationary clutch face, opposite, a clutch face that rotates with the drive input, and the movable clutch between the two solid to the output shaft. Alternatively would be a clutch and separate brake, brake outboard of the clutch which is essentially a simplified T-20 (although the clutch and brake switch based on forward or reverse) or a Baker hill Tranny, which may be easiest to use as a base for a design. [QUOTE=6X6;84811].
What you have just described is the reason that all modern bulldozers, excavators, and most other tracked equipment use hydraulic drive systems. The clutch/brake system is very difficult to operate unless it has been well designed like the t-20. I already have everything needed to steer in the axle. What I'm really worried about is wether or not having the engine in front like an argo will make it too front heavy, and how to keep the tracks in line with the bogies. Does anyone know the percentage of weight of the argo is in the front? And how well do the argos float with their engines in the front.
What you have just described is the reason that all modern bulldozers, excavators, and most other tracked equipment use hydraulic drive systems. The clutch/brake system is very difficult to operate unless it has been well designed like the t-20. I already have everything needed to steer in the axle. What I'm really worried about is wether or not having the engine in front like an argo will make it too front heavy, and how to keep the tracks in line with the bogies. Does anyone know the percentage of weight of the argo is in the front? And how well do the argos float with their engines in the front.
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