Does your team frequently work in areas with dirt, gravel, or mud? Equipment track shoes are constantly under stress and must be inspected for performance over time. When track shoes are worn or damaged, your equipment’s traction, stability, and lifespan could suffer if you do not make much-needed updates to this area.
Thompson Tractor supports you with shoe swap services to verify that your track-type machines perform well on working surfaces and will help you avoid unwanted downtime.
What We Offer With Track Shoe Replacement Services
At Thompson Tractor, we have certified technicians to oversee your equipment maintenance and repair appointments. While we focus on Cat® track machines, we can also complete the services below for non-Cat machines:
- Track shoe removal: Let us finish a Cat undercarriage shoe swap that involves removing your worn components.
- Installation service: Our technicians have firsthand experience installing single, double, and triple grouser shoes.
- Hardware upgrades: We take care of shoe swaps, verifying bolt torque and updating corresponding hardware.
- Undercarriage inspections: While completing the track shoe swap, we assess the condition of nearby components.
- Aligning and tensioning: Thompson Tractor aligns and tensions replacement shoes for optimum performance.
- OEM track shoe sales: Let us find replacement track shoes that meet OEM standards for quality and fit.
The Importance of Track Shoe Swaps for Heavy Equipment
Ignoring the need for track shoe replacements creates unnecessary risk for your team and assets. Track shoes are exposed to a variety of surfaces and wear down over time. It is best practice to replace these parts of your machine, similar to how you would replace tires on a truck.
Having Thompson Tractor take care of this service for you is an efficient way to reduce stress across your machines’ undercarriages and prevent slippage. Keeping worn tracks in place often results in higher fuel consumption, increased noise, damage to rollers, and a loss of operator control. Our technicians do everything they can to extend the service life of both undercarriage systems and your equipment as a whole.
From rollers and links to idlers, we give you the bigger picture regarding the condition of your machine and what requires more immediate attention.
Shoe Swap Service Benefits
A Cat undercarriage shoe swap can:
- Restore traction and machine stability.
- Bypass unwanted undercarriage wear.
- Enjoy service completed with Cat tools and OEM parts.
- See a quick appointment turnaround for productivity.
- Improve operator safety and tracked machine output.
- Eliminate the occurrence of unexpected breakdowns.
Reasons to Choose Thompson Tractor for Service
Thompson Tractor has been in business since 1957 and uses our decades of industry experience to make the right choices for maintenance and repairs. We deliver efficient and precise shoe swaps that help protect your investment and verify that machines have what they need to work as hard as you do. Our collection of OEM parts, dedication to certified service, and helpful ongoing support keep you at the top of your game.
Leave it to us to keep your track equipment jobsite ready. We are the full-line Cat dealer for Alabama and northwest Florida and have several locations to make undercarriage shoe swaps straightforward for you.
Schedule a Shoe Swap With Us Today
Thompson Tractor is a one-stop shop for everything construction contractors need for success. We like building long-lasting relationships with our customers, and we accomplish this by providing reliable and consistent solutions. Are you ready to schedule or learn more about our shoe swap service? Contact Thompson Tractor to get started.
