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Disclosed herein is an adapter for rendering an earth mover amphibious, comprising a buggy assembly having a pair of buoyant pontoons and tracks that are driven around the pontoons by hydraulic motors situated coaxially with drive sprockets for the track. The track is driven by the motor without an

Disclosed herein is an adapter for rendering an earth mover amphibious, comprising a buggy assembly having a pair of buoyant pontoons and tracks that are driven around the pontoons by hydraulic motors situated coaxially with drive sprockets for the track. The track is driven by the motor without an intermediate chain drive, thus avoiding certain environmental and personal dangers.

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An adapter for rendering an earth mover amphibious comprising a frame and a pair of pontoon assemblies, each such assembly including: a pontoon attached to a respective end of said frame; an endless track guided around the periphery of the pontoon; a hydraulic motor having a stationary part attached

An adapter for rendering an earth mover amphibious comprising a frame and a pair of pontoon assemblies, each such assembly including: a pontoon attached to a respective end of said frame; an endless track guided around the periphery of the pontoon; a hydraulic motor having a stationary part attached to said pontoon, and a drive flange for driving the track around the pontoon; and a drive shaft assembly for transferring power from said hydraulic motor to said track, the drive shaft assembly comprising a tube disposed around the motor, having open end attached to said drive flange and a second end extending beyond the motor, a plate affixed to the other end of the tube, a shaft affixed to the plate and coaxial with the tube, the shaft extending from the plate in a direction away from the tube, a pillow block for supporting the distal end of the shaft, and a plurality of sprockets for driving the track, at least one of said sprockets being affixed to said tube and at least one of said sprockets being affixed to said shaft.