ABSTRACT
Over the last century, the mobile construction and agricultural equipment domain has risen from a position of virtual non-existence to one of major industrial significance. Nowadays, for example, everyone is familiar with heavy construction equipment that utilise either tracked or wheeled means for the development of powered mobility. The collective technical term used to refer to the mobility means used to propel and manoeuvre machines over varying terrains is ‘running gear’. Wheels and tracks are the predominant types of running gear used in the mobile equipment industry but they are not the only ones. Legged machines and screw propulsion machines, for example, can be utilised – but they are quite rare.
