CAT 374D L

[trilliwilli]

I have some pictures taken from the dutch forum from someone that build a Liebherr 974.
It's a digger in the same 75 ton class as your Caterpillar.

Normally the tracks can slide seperate left and right, but he build them sliding at the same time. It's not a problem, if you slew the uppercarriage to one side, the weight is to one side and you can slide the tracks in and out without any problems, or lift the machine with the boom.

This Liebherr is build suberbly,build from steel and weighs 50 kilogram, runs on 60 bar and is completely hydraulic ( also slewing and driving), except for the tracks sliding in and out. It has two radial piston pumps with a variable slideplate, so it has load sensing.

The pictures of the under carriage:











I made some pictures of this machine at the Modelshow Europe:















Here some films for a general impression:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2X3OKDglAU&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqcYg...eature=related

He went to some shows in Germany and they call it "the mother of all diggers"
I can not tell you any more details, I don't know the builder, but this digger is famous. I hope this info helps.

[Hemi1966]

Thanks guys for your help, but it appears that Cat did this little different.
For me it appears that the track housing slides under the x-frame and there's some guide rollers on the side (some of it can be seen on the pugs video link)
In the first picture you can see that the 374 is narrowed for transport, and in the second it's wider.
It's a little bit confusing cause there's seems to be some differences between the 374, but if I understand correctly the Variable Gauge Undercarriage is standard in all 374.
There are plenty of pictures of the 374 in action but naturally the undercarriage is often so dirty you can't see too many details on them.