The lighter side of tipping
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ar pack is driven by either a r 24v battery and weighs oil) around 25kg (55 lb).
dro Hoist Ltd is also part of Edbro organisation and is d at Pollerton Road, Carlow, id. The company's product own as the Hydro-Link and ;ape with payloads ranging 1,500 to 4,750kg.
with most underfloor de3r the company claims that it is maximum body space as cab gap is reduced to a mum.
guably the most famous any involved in the baby ir market is Tipmaster.
d at Lea Bridge Road, LonE10 70N, the company is to have no less than 50 ose-built models up to 3.5 es.
:hough I mentioned earlier the underbody and scissor ; had proved very popular, laster goes even further by ring front-end rams and 3-way gear as well on many sis like the Transit and CF.
th most current chassis, the .members are shortened at rear to bring the hinge nting points to the optimum [ion for stability when tip on uneven ground. The e itself is a bar across the vidth of the chassis instead he more usual separate es at each side. Tipmaster claims that this avoids twisting stresses in the body when the chassis is not level.
The self-contained power pack with its submerged hydraulic gear pump and electric motor is usually mounted inside the cab against the rear bulkhead, though in one or two cases it is necessary to site the power pack on the chassis itself.
Where this is done, Tipmaster can fit a remote control unit inside the cab or have direct control from the chassis.
The Tipmaster bodies are built on a semi-flow line arrangement at the London factory with a jig system guaranteeing readily available spares. The doubleacting tailboard can be removed completely and the steel mudguards are integral with the body.
Tipmaster goes right down as far as the baby Hondas which have a payload of just under half a ton. The body for the Honda is 1,80 0 rnm (7 lin) long and 1,270mm (50m) deep.
With the Fiat Daily, for example, the payload potential is about 1,675kg (33 cwt).
As well as offering tipping systems for the familiar Ford, Bedford, Toyota, Fiat chassis, Tipmaster also caters for the less well-known Tudor and IMO models.