Building New Pontoons
5 1/2′ High x 6′ Wide x 32′ Long
Can put top of your choice (NEW OR USED)
Excavator – Cranes – Personal / Cargo Carriers
Amphibious Hydraulic Excavator Specifications
Amphibious Hydraulic Undercarriage 324D Excavator Upper, again we put the top of your choice
Machine Transport Weight: (70,000 lb)
Travel Speed: 1.7 mph
Fuel Tank: 300 gals mounted on back of excavator
PONTOON DIMENSIONS
5 feet high x 6 feet wide x 32 feet long-assembled width 20 feet
PONTOON CONSTRUCTION
High-strength, Low Alloy, Weathering steel plate is used in the fabrication of the pontoons. Each pontoon has 4 bulkheads, providing 5independent, watertight compartments. The bottoms of the pontoons are reinforced for rough terrain operations.
CARBODY
The Babin Companies custom designed flanged center carbody makes assembly and disassembly faster and easier.
TRACK CLEATS
Specially designed marine grade 3 inch wide extruded aluminum alloy cleats with 2 HDMP wear pads are capable of supporting the pontoons and excavator upper.
TRACK CHAINS
Three strands of specially designed, heavy duty, 5 inch pitch marsh buggy track chain are installed on each pontoon. The hardened track chain rollers run in pontoon channels lined with an abrasive resistant wear bar. The drive and idler sprockets are flame hardened to match the hardness of the track chain rollers.
HYDROSTATIC DRIVE
Power for these pontoon tracks is provide by the Cat 324D excavator upper’s diesel engine and main hydraulic pumps through a Cat hydraulic swivel. Cat travel motor/brake combinations are mated to the sealed planetary final drives to provide independent power to each pontoon track. Standard excavator travel controls are used. Again we put the excavator of your choice on top.