Prototype Cat D6N developed for Antarctica Expedition by Finning UK Limited

hello David , l would think there going to have trouble finding someone to run along in front to get moving the power lead and plugging it back into the next plug ,is the lead for the heater ? 😆bruce oz

Interesting design with the grousers.
Don't know much about the rest.
Wonder if KoO will approve.
Chris

Interesting Tractor
Are there other photos?

[quote="drujinin"]Interesting Tractor
Are there other photos?[/quote]

Sorry, I forgot I was at work with high speed internet available.......

Hi, David Wills Cat 60.
I'm curious about the 'turban'. I thought you said this was an English expedition.

Thanks for sharing. And the best of luck to the expedition. Although Bruce Oz may have a point.

Just my 0.02.

Deas Plant,

The red 'turban' is an inflatable tent to enclose the tractor for maintenance.

For more details on the specification of the prototype tractor and the planned expedition check out the attached link: http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/cat-and-finning-support-worlds-coldest-expedition

David

The odd looking grousers aid traction on ice, particularly on side slopes. When on an icy side hill, a machine with straight grousers will take off side ways like it is on skis. (Don't ask how I know)
I do wonder at what provisions they have to warm the engines for cold weather starting? Experience also tells me that they are not the best starting engines in cold weather. Any of the ones that I've been around would not start at much below -20 despite having 0-40 full synthetic oil unless they had some provisions to warm them up, as compared to the older D6H's with 3306's in them that would start at -40 with the aid of a little canned heat (starting fluid)
DD