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An endless track (52) for a track laying vehicle has a construction that facilitates replacement and repair of track components as well as providing an extended lifetime of use as compared to conventional vehicle tracks. The components of the track which facilitate its construction and maintenance i

An endless track (52) for a track laying vehicle has a construction that facilitates replacement and repair of track components as well as providing an extended lifetime of use as compared to conventional vehicle tracks. The components of the track which facilitate its construction and maintenance include a track shoe (60), a replaceable road pad (62) for the track shoe (60), a pin assembly (64) for connecting laterally aligned pairs of the track shoes (60), a hollow pin (66) of the pin assembly (64), a center guide (68) that guides the track (72) that connects ends of the pins (66) associated with adjacent shoe assemblies (70), and a center connector (74) that cooperates with the end connectors (72) in connecting the shoe assemblies (70).

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In an endless track for a track laying vehicle, said endless track being of the type including a plurality of shoe assemblies and end connectors that extend between the shoe assemblies, and each shoe assembly including a pair of pin assemblies each of which comprises: an elongated pin that extends t

In an endless track for a track laying vehicle, said endless track being of the type including a plurality of shoe assemblies and end connectors that extend between the shoe assemblies, and each shoe assembly including a pair of pin assemblies each of which comprises: an elongated pin that extends through the associated shoe assembly and has a rectilinear central axis; said pin having a hollow intermediate portion extending along the central axis and having a tubular shape for providing a lightweight construction, the tubular hollow intermediate portion of the pin having inner and outer surfaces and including opposite ends each of which has a surface that extends between the inner and outer surfaces and faces axially along the central axis; the pin including a pair of opposite ends of a solid construction; each solid pin end having a surface that faces axially along the central axis; and connections that secure the axially facing surfaces of the solid ends of the pin in an engaged relationship with the entire extent of the axially facing surfaces of the opposite ends of the tubular hollow intermediate portion between the inner and outer surfaces thereof with the solid ends extending along the central axis to provide high strength locations for attachment of the end connectors that extend between the shoe assemblies.