Tew Dinosaur for bulk materials
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1 A new Dinosaur bulk materials handng model has been designed by Powell luffryn Engineering, Llantrisant, Glam, 3 give fleet operators bigger payloads.
Now that the 24-ton-gvw chassis is on le road, the Dinosaur 15TR/24 has been esigned to handle gross lifts of up to 15 )ns in open-top containers which can carry s much as 40 cu yd of material.
The hydraulic oil reservoir on the )inosaur unit has been redesigned to fit relow the container and it has been repoitioned to allow containers to be carried rther forward on the tipping frame. In :.ngth the containers are 20ft 6in. and 2ft 6in.
A loaded container can be picked up y a Dinosaur, carried to a tipping site, ptied and returned to the collecting oint — all the operations being performed y the driver using hydraulic controls om inside his cab.