enables it to operate in areas where wheeled front-semi-grouser shoes (fig. 9-3) that permit it to work onend loaders cannot go. The crawler-mounted front-firm ground with little damage to the surface.end loader (fig. 9-2) has a lower speed than arubber-tired front-end loader, and this decreasesATTACHMENTSits mobility; however, the crawler-mounted front-end loader can be operated on side slopes of up toAttachments contribute to the efficient performance35 percent and on front slopes of up to 60 percent.of front-end loaders. Some loaders used in the NCF areThe hydraulic system provides positive control of theprocured with a bucket, forklift, and backhoe attach-front-end loader, and the crawler tracks are normallyments (fig. 9-4). These attachments allow the front-endFigure 9-2.-Crawler-mounted front-end loader.Figure 9-3.-Semi-grouser shoe.9-2
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