He squinted in the dark to see that the fifty-man lifeboat had partially ripped from its two-inch-thick steel cleats and was pounding against the hull.
This particular device was little more than an inclined belt with cast-iron slats or cleats on the surface for traction, and traveled along a 25 incline.
Various devices, with names such as road bands, have been developed to temporarily cover the grousers/cleats in order to allow the vehicle to drive on paved roads.
