Muskeg, or organic terrain, is most difficult transportation barrier in northern Canada, singularly unfriendly to overload vehicles; 25% of prospective oil land in Canada is muskeg covered; review of existing articulated tracked vehicles, and development of Musk-Ox tracked carrier designed to transport wildcat drilling rigs for Imperial oil; carrier is powered with Cummins NRTO-6 turbocharged 6-cyl diesel engine; overall performance; field experience.
Design and muskeg operation of 20 ton payload carrier, Musk-Ox
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1960
1960
24 pages
Conference paper
English
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