Watching this video make me wonder why there aren't more of these employed fighting fires. They make total sense to me. I guess the only modification would be a bigger water tank. Well done, gentlemen. Well done.
i've a lifelong love affair with big machines, locomotives, jets helicopters, heavy equipment of all types- and/or anything with a diesel engine thats huge and does work but this "thing" here just about takes the cake i mean wow!! ✊🏽
Now that`s what I`m talking about . I do like to see good operator protection though as I`ve been cooked in a CAT , grassfire over ran me and knocked out cold by trees . Excellent purpose built machine
There are quite a few operations that are employing these units, here are some of the firefighters we are more familiar with. facebook.com/SoftTrackAttack/ wildfirefighters.com/
We offer these machines at a variety of price points, mainly being in the $125,000 - $300,000 range. Every machine is custom built so we have quite a bit of flexibility depending on the jobsite requirements. After a few thousand hours you might notice some wear on the track bushings, but it is quite efficient to have individual pads replaced and rebushed if necessary. The pads themselves are made from a manganese alloy and will work harden substantially, and should last just as long if not longer then any tracked equipment you may be used to.
Fuel consumption can vary quite a bit from one power plant to another, as well as with the type of work being done. We find that our most popular engine, the 5.9 Cummins, often uses about 4.5 gallons of fuel per hour when working quite heavily.
