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A track apparatus having a frame is provided. The track apparatus is mountable on a rotatable axle of a vehicle and includes a continuous flexible track and a drive wheel mountable to the rotatable axle of the vehicle for rotational movement therewith. The drive wheel drives the flexible track in re

A track apparatus having a frame is provided. The track apparatus is mountable on a rotatable axle of a vehicle and includes a continuous flexible track and a drive wheel mountable to the rotatable axle of the vehicle for rotational movement therewith. The drive wheel drives the flexible track in response to rotation of the axle of the vehicle. The leading and trailing pairs of idler wheels and the pairs of bogie wheels of the track apparatus are mounted on stub axles so as to allow the drive wheel to pass therebetween. This, in turn, allows for the drive wheel to have an increased diameter.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A track apparatus having a frame, the track apparatus mountable on a rotatable axle of a vehicle, comprising:a continuous flexible track having an upper length and a ground-engaging lower length and including an inner surface;a drive wheel mountable to the rotatable axle of the veh

[ We claim:] [1.] A track apparatus having a frame, the track apparatus mountable on a rotatable axle of a vehicle, comprising:a continuous flexible track having an upper length and a ground-engaging lower length and including an inner surface;a drive wheel mountable to the rotatable axle of the vehicle for rotational movement therewith, the drive wheel engaging the inner surface of the flexible track along the upper length to drive the flexible track in response to rotation of the axle of the vehicle;first and second leading idler arms, each leading idler arm having a proximal end mounted to the frame and a distal end;first and second leading idler stub axles rotatable about and spaced along a common leading idler axis and defining a first gap therebetween, each leading idler stub axle having a first end rotatably mounted to the distal end of a corresponding leading idler arm, and a second, opposite end; andfirst and second leading idler wheels, each leading idler wheel engaging the flexible track and mounted on a corresponding leading idler stub axle for rotational movement therewith, the first and second leading idler wheels defining a leading idler void therebetween wherein the drive wheel extends into the leading idler void between the first and second leading idler wheels.