First civvy TM 4x4
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E FIRST Bedford TM 4x4 four-wheel-drive truck to go into opera' in a non-military role was shown at the Solid Wastes Exhibition "orbay last week, equipped as an 1,800-gallon sludge tanker by :kingham Vehicles Ltd of Kenilworth.
re sti n ed for operation with ; Severn Trent Water hority, it will collect treated ige from the sewage works, ver to site and spread it on icultural land. The TM 4x4 is i to meet the on-road and offd performance requirements I has a high payload capabil kn air-actuated valve, :rated by the driver from lin the cab, disperses the ige under its own weight :o a spreader plate located at back of the vehicle before ributing it over the ground to treated. Alternatively, the ige can be "side-spread" by -nping through a jetting zle.
or pumping operations, the icle is equipped with a GP400 3itive displacement rotary a pump which has a maxi mum output of 130 gal/min and is driven from the power take-off on the Rockwell T226-133 transfer box.
The TM 4x4 is powered by Bedford's 8.2-litre diesel engine in turbocharged form producing 153kW (205bhp) at 2,500rpm and 682Nm (505 lb ft) torque at 1,600rpm. Rated for operation of 16.2 tonnes (16 tons) the powerto-weight ratio is 9.4 kW/tonne (12.4bhp/ton).
The chassis frame, says Bedford, has been designed for strength and freedom from stress concentrations when operating over very rough terrain.