Iderbody demountable tipper
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;ION of demountcly tipping vehicle, underbody tipping s been developed by nith Demountables if Maxey, Peter first five Bedford eeled chassis to be d with the system iined the municipal the London Borough don. The bodies will inge with the prelake of demountable being used by n.
total cost of the Ddy installation is )re than that of an ent front-end system and has the advantage, Ray Smith claims. of providing better weight distribution with the 3.35 m ( I I ft) tipping bodies used by Croydon.
The demountable system works on the guide-track system with rollers at the front of the body locating with tracks along the vehicle chassis during re-mounting. In the tipping model, a single hydraulic ram located forward of the rear axle lifts the whole guide track assembly from underneath.
The chassis are equipped with special hydraulic crosslocks for securing the body to the frame, rather than the normal rear-end twistlocks.