A traditional clip-on shoe pad may be configured to be secured to a grouser via an interference fit. For example, the shoe pad may include clips or channels that are configured to engage an interior side of a grouser to attach the shoe pad to the grouser. Clip-on shoe pads may only attach to the grouser via an interference fit, without using a bolt or another connection mechanism to secure the shoe pad to the grouser. Over time, the interference fit between the shoe pad and grouser may decrease, and, as a result, the clip-on shoe pad may loosen from the grouser, which may adversely affect the performance of the vehicle track (e.g., decreasing the stability of the vehicle track). In addition, the reduction in interference fit between the clip-on shoe pad and the grouser may cause the shoe pad to be replaced prematurely, e.g., before the ground surface of the shoe pad wears out.

This EZ SureGrip clip-on pad was specially designed. It defines a slot configured to receive a bracket that is configured to attach the shoe pad to a grouser. For example, a first arm of a bracket may be inserted into the slot and a second arm of the bracket may be configured to contact an interior side of a grouser of a vehicle track to attach the shoe pad to the grouser. The shoe pad and the bracket may be held to the grouser with the aid of a bolt. For example, the shoe pad may define a first bolt aperture and the first arm of the bracket may define a second bolt aperture configured to substantially align with the first bolt aperture when the first arm is inserted into the slot of the shoe pad. A bolt may be inserted through the first and second bolt apertures and contact the grouser to secure the shoe pad to the grouser. The bolt may not extend through the grouser, but, rather, may merely engage with the exterior side of the grouser. In this way, the shoe pad may be able to be attached to a grouser without requiring one or more holes to be present in the grouser, while still providing a relatively tight fit with the grouser the shoe pad is configured to cover.

In contrast to the traditional clip-on shoe pads, the EZ SureGrip shoe pads described herein are configured to be securely attached to a grouser without requiring bolt apertures in the grouser itself, which may enable the shoe pads to be retrofit onto a variety of types of grousers. In addition, a bolt that engages with the grouser, but does not extend through the grouser, may be used to help fix the shoe pad relative to the grouser, which may help maintain a relatively tight fit between the shoe pad and the grouser over time, even through the use of the vehicle track on relatively rough surface conditions. This EZ SureGrip shoe pads are each configured to cover an exterior side (e.g., ground contact surface) of a grouser. It may be secured to the grouser using a bracket. In some examples, one or more bolts may also be used to secure the shoe pad to the grouser. The bracket may be configured to be inserted into the shoe pad and contact an interior side of the grouser, and the one or more bolts may be configured to be inserted through a bolt aperture of the shoe pad and a bolt aperture of the bracket. In some examples, the bolt may contact and engage with the exterior side of the metal grouser without extending through the metal grouser, e.g., without requiring a bolt aperture in the metal grouser itself. In this way, the shoe pads described herein may be securely attached to a grouser without requiring bolt apertures in the grouser, and may maintain the secure attachment over time. In turn, the shoe pads may be able to be retrofit on many different types of grousers, may have a longer useful life, may be less expensive to manufacture, may be less time-consuming to manufacture, or the like in comparison to the traditional clip-on shoe pads.