Endless Track for Propelling a Vehicle, With Lug Replacement Capability

Abstract

An endless track for a track assembly providing traction to a work vehicle (e.g., an agricultural vehicle, a construction vehicle, etc.). The endless track comprises an elastomeric carcass having an inner side for facing wheels of the work vehicle and a ground-engaging outer side for engaging the ground. The endless track has a lug replacement capability to facilitate replacement of one or more drive/guide lugs on the inner side and/or one or more traction lugs on the ground-engaging outer side or portions of these lugs.

1 . An endless track for a track assembly providing traction to a work vehicle, the track assembly comprising a plurality of wheels around which the endless track is mountable, the plurality of wheels including a drive wheel for driving the endless track, the endless track comprising:
 an elastomeric carcass having an inner side for facing the wheels and a ground-engaging outer side for engaging the ground;   a plurality of elastomeric drive/guide lugs molded on the inner side and spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the endless track, the elastomeric drive/guide lugs being positioned to contact at least one of the wheels; and   a plurality of lug-fastening parts provisioned during original manufacturing of the endless track to facilitate fastening of one or more replacement drive/guide lugs to the elastomeric carcass when replacing one or more of the elastomeric drive/guide lugs, each lug-fastening part of the plurality of lug-fastening parts defining a predetermined position of a fastener to fasten a replacement drive/guide lug to the elastomeric carcass when replacing a given one of the elastomeric drive/guide lugs.