Types of grousers - Erling

Grouser Bar is a type ofsteel bar used to restore the tread on dozers, excavators and other tracked vehicles. A worn track shoe can be regrousered up to four times, greatly extending the life of the shoe. New grouser bar from Dura-Tuff can also add height (up to 110% of the original) for added traction and increased wear life.

undercarriage maintenance. Regrousering can significantly prolong the life of the track group and save literally thousands of dollars over the life of the undercarriage.

Dura-Tuff was started in 1986 and originally called W.M.C., who saw the need for quality grouser bar in the industry. A few years later we changed the name to Dura-Tuff to emphasize the Durability and Tuffness of our grouser products.

America has a rich industrial heritage and a proud tradition of steel working. We continue that tradition with a passion for making the best, most durable, and innovative grouser productsin the world. We work hard every day to make products that work even harder in some of the most abrasive environments on the planet, in more than twenty-five countries throughout the world.

We start with a proprietary boron alloy which maximizes hardness and weldability. From there the steel is cut-to-length and individually heat treated for consistent through-hardness. This process of hand crafting each bar resultsin steel that is up to 20 points harder (Rockwell C) than our competitor’s bar.

At Dura-Tuff we have a singular focus—consistently seeking to raise the bar for grouser products.

Trailing Edge Bar (T-Bar) is an additional,smaller grouser bar, welded on to the trailing edge of the track shoe. The T-Bar absorbs the bulk of the wear and keepsthe track shoe thick enough to allow the same shoe to be regrousered multiple times. T-Bar isthe perfect solution to prolonging track shoe life and increasing undercarriage savings by as much as $10,000 per machine.

Trailing Edge Bar is commonly welded onto a brand new track shoe in order to protect the shoe from the get go. It is usually not necessary to replace the Trailing Edge Bar during the life of the shoe, but it extends the shoe life significantly.

Ice lugs are short pieces of grouser bar (typically 2”-6” long) welded on top of the existing grouser. Dura-Tuff ice lugs deliver increased stability and extra traction for the dozer during the winter months. While working on slippery slopes, ice lugs are essential to provide safety and to amplify efficiency while pushing and pulling on frozen turf.

As tough as Dura-Tuff ice lugs are, our tungsten carbide ice lugs are even tougher. A great option to extend wear life, tungsten carbide lugs are designed for high abrasion so they last longer than regular ice lugs. Get more out of your run time between maintenance in areas of severe wear with Dura-Tuff tungsten carbide ice lugs.

Dura-Tuff ice lugs are packaged and organized to make storage and transportation to the job site a breeze. The smaller sizes—6 and 7 bar—are packaged in small boxes or compact totes in quantities of 50 and 100, and then placed in a larger box for storage. When it is time to weld the lugs, simply grab a couple of boxes and go. Larger ice lugs are stacked neatly in our standard Dura-Tuff boxes to make counting your inventory simple, easy and headache free.