EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION AND DATA - TM-5-2410-233-100023

TM 5-2410-233-10

EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION AND DATA

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EQUIPMENT CHARACTERISTICS, CAPABILITIES, AND FEATURES

NOTE

Refer to Equipment Data at the end of this work package for machine dimensions, weights, fluid capacities

and other miscellaneous equipment data.

The D7F Tractor is a full-tracked, low speed, medium drawbar pull machine designed for earthmoving and construction

operations.

The three major assemblies of the tractor are a center section and two side sections.

The center section contains the power source, the operator's controls, and the rollover protective structure (ROPS).

The two side sections consist of track frames extending approximately the full length of the tractor.

The tractor can operate in mud or water as deep as the top of the final drive cover: 30 in. (76.2 cm).

Features of the D7F tractor include:

Caterpillar 6-cylinder, turbocharged diesel engine;

Caterpillar powershift, manual transmission with Neutral (N) and three forward and three reverse speeds and a

transmission safety lock;

operator station with adjustable seat and seat belt;

ROPS canopy;

clutch-operated steering brakes with dual brake pedals and a brake lock lever that serves as a parking brake;

24-volt electrical system with NATO slave receptacle;

front-mounted Semi-U (SU) bulldozer blade;

either rear-mounted ripper or rear-mounted reversible winch; and

a winterized cab installed on tractors operating in arctic conditions.

Tractors procured from 1971-1984, that have not gone through the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP), have the fol-

lowing features:

NOTE

If a non-SLEP tractor has had its original engine replaced, it may be equipped with a later model 3306

engine.

engine model D333 or early model 3306 with precombustion chambers;

glow plugs for cold weather starting; and

old style (two-prong) NATO slave receptacle.