Foremost Drill Parts - Crawler Parts LLC


We sell Foremost drill parts for these models: MPD1000 DISCOVERER MPD1500	Some parts for instance include: Rollers Sprockets Idlers Track chains Track shoes and more!	A Little History About Foremost… A man named Bruce Nodwell (May 12, 1914-January 20, 2006) was a Canadian inventor who invented the Nodwell 110, a multi-purpose, two-tracked vehicle, that was capable of traversing a wide variety of adverse terrain, including, sand, mud, muskeg, swamp, and snow. In 1947, Imperial Oil made the Leduc number 1 discovery in Alberta, and the economy began to rapidly expand. As the oil exploration moved Northward from the Leduc region, the oil men soon encountered muskeg, which is a wet, boggy, swamp-like matter through which conventional equipment could not pass. Even the WWII tracked equipment could not handle it or they did not have sufficient load capacities. Imperial Oil asked Bruce Nodwell to create two vehicles they designed to try to have mobility over muskeg. Long story short, these vehicles didn’t work, but Bruce become aware of the need to have larger tracked vehicles. His first designs, either to be tracked or wheeled, were called North Kings, and 16 of them sold, but they even didn’t have enough mobility or durability. Bruce then thought of a design using soft tracks and single rows of wheels to support them. In 1955, Bruce’s invention of the double sprocket made it possible to drive wide tracks, as well as keep them in place while using a single row of wheels. The combination of the splice in the belt and the double sprocket allowed the use of any size or shape belt the vehicles really needed. The “wide-track” concept was developed. They now were able to build a new and different type of machine. The new vehicle was called the Tracked Truck. However, everyone in the industry knew Bruce, because of his close contact with existing and potential customers, so they called the vehicle the Nodwell 110, which was indicating its payload to 100 pound units. Today, it is called the “Noddy.” Even though the model 110 was proving to be a more successful operating unit, the Canadian marketplace was skeptical to purchase many Nodwell vehicles due to memories of past failures. For a while it became necessary for the company to try another market, making their first major sale to Western Geophysical in Alaska. This sale consisted of a complete geophysical team, including five drill carriers, two recorders, a mechanics shop, kitchen unit and crew quarters, all mounted on the Model 110 vehicles. This crew operated successfully in severe muskeg conditions, spreading reputation of the Model 110 throughout the geophysical industry in both Canada and Alaska. The Nodwell 110 was so successful that over 1,500 vehicles of this style were manufactured by the industry. Several Nodwell vehicles were also delivered to the U.S. Antarctic Research Organization. In 1965, Bruce left Robin-Nodwell to join his son, Jack Nodwell, in a new company known as Foremost Industries. Over the years, Foremost expanded product lines to incorporate both tracked and large-tired vehicles with load capacities from 5 to 70 tonnes. Foremost began its acquisitions in 1988 with Drill Systems. Today, Foremost has two distinguished divisions, Foremost Energy Equipment and Foremost Mobile Equipment, and operates out of 9 locations with over 640,000 square foot of manufacturing space and 600+ employees.

We sell Foremost drill parts for these models:
MPD1000
DISCOVERER MPD1500

Some parts for instance include:

Rollers
Sprockets
Idlers
Track chains
Track shoes
and more!

A Little History About Foremost…

A man named Bruce Nodwell (May 12, 1914-January 20, 2006) was a Canadian inventor who invented the Nodwell 110, a multi-purpose, two-tracked vehicle, that was capable of traversing a wide variety of adverse terrain, including, sand, mud, muskeg, swamp, and snow. In 1947, Imperial Oil made the Leduc number 1 discovery in Alberta, and the economy began to rapidly expand. As the oil exploration moved Northward from the Leduc region, the oil men soon encountered muskeg, which is a wet, boggy, swamp-like matter through which conventional equipment could not pass. Even the WWII tracked equipment could not handle it or they did not have sufficient load capacities. Imperial Oil asked Bruce Nodwell to create two vehicles they designed to try to have mobility over muskeg. Long story short, these vehicles didn’t work, but Bruce become aware of the need to have larger tracked vehicles. His first designs, either to be tracked or wheeled, were called North Kings, and 16 of them sold, but they even didn’t have enough mobility or durability. Bruce then thought of a design using soft tracks and single rows of wheels to support them. In 1955, Bruce’s invention of the double sprocket made it possible to drive wide tracks, as well as keep them in place while using a single row of wheels. The combination of the splice in the belt and the double sprocket allowed the use of any size or shape belt the vehicles really needed. The “wide-track” concept was developed. They now were able to build a new and different type of machine. The new vehicle was called the Tracked Truck. However, everyone in the industry knew Bruce, because of his close contact with existing and potential customers, so they called the vehicle the Nodwell 110, which was indicating its payload to 100 pound units. Today, it is called the “Noddy.” Even though the model 110 was proving to be a more successful operating unit, the Canadian marketplace was skeptical to purchase many Nodwell vehicles due to memories of past failures. For a while it became necessary for the company to try another market, making their first major sale to Western Geophysical in Alaska. This sale consisted of a complete geophysical team, including five drill carriers, two recorders, a mechanics shop, kitchen unit and crew quarters, all mounted on the Model 110 vehicles. This crew operated successfully in severe muskeg conditions, spreading reputation of the Model 110 throughout the geophysical industry in both Canada and Alaska. The Nodwell 110 was so successful that over 1,500 vehicles of this style were manufactured by the industry. Several Nodwell vehicles were also delivered to the U.S. Antarctic Research Organization. In 1965, Bruce left Robin-Nodwell to join his son, Jack Nodwell, in a new company known as Foremost Industries. Over the years, Foremost expanded product lines to incorporate both tracked and large-tired vehicles with load capacities from 5 to 70 tonnes. Foremost began its acquisitions in 1988 with Drill Systems. Today, Foremost has two distinguished divisions, Foremost Energy Equipment and Foremost Mobile Equipment, and operates out of 9 locations with over 640,000 square foot of manufacturing space and 600+ employees.