any one hear about torvec

[Snowtrac Nome]

any one hear about an outfit called torvec they make a neat steering transmission that through hydraulic mechaical actuation to preform the same duties as a varriator.what do you think boggie work good in your new snowcat.

 

[tommu56]

We had a sundstrad transmission in a fire truck it looks similar to the one you posted and nothing but headaches for us.

Supposedly they were used in army tanks.
But in an army crash truck/ pumper and it didn't work we ended pulling it and putting in an Allison. I could have been mis engineered there was a lot miss engineering on this truck and I was glad when we sold it.

tom

 

[MNoutdoors RIP]

any one hear about an outfit called torvec they make a neat steering transmission that through hydraulic mechaical actuation to preform the same duties as a varriator.what do you think boggie work good in your new snowcat.

we did talk with them almost ten years ago there price was over 10K per unit at the time just for the differential

here is a link http://torvec.com/products_steeringdrive.html

 

[Snowtrac Nome]

sounds like they aren't too interested in making many of them sounds like a great concept for a trail groomer but at 10k for the steering diff you are going have a hard time competing with the hydro static drive rigs