Bulk vehicle developments
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• A new vehicle to handle bigger bulk container demountable bodies, and a demountable compaction unit with a capacity of 130 cu.yd. will make their first public appearance in May at the Mechanical Handling Exhibition at Earls Court. They are the Powell Duffryn Dinotrailer and Dinopacker; the former is used with a 28ton-g,c.w. tractive unit to pick up, carry and set down containers 19ft and 22ft-long and up to 40 cu.yd. capacity. The gross lift is 17 tons.
The Dinotrailer costs £4,217, plus £183worth of equipment on the motive unit. A wide range of demountable container bodies can be used with the Dinotrailer.
The Dinopacker works in conjunction with a 13-ton Dinosaur or a 17-ton Dinotrailer, to remove a full container of compacted material to the tipping site, and it can be coupled into the Dinosaur's hydraulic circuit to give assisted ram discharge.