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Alternative ways to stabilise a tipper
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TWO companies — working independently — have produced methods of stabilising tipping vehicles.
To combat the effects of bad ground conditions, George Neville Truck Equipment has produced a fixed site stabiliser and landing legs shown at Tipcon in May (CM, May 11).
With a crossbar weighing 80kg (178 lb) attached to the rear of the vehicle's chassis, the tipper backs up and locates with a 4.5m wide fixed ground assembly at the tipping site.
As with many good ideas, this one is simple. The device has few moving parts and requires only i250 worth of minimal conversion to the vehicle. The ground assembly costs 0350, but may be sold as a service.
George Neville's second idea is a pair of hinged hydraulic landing legs which when extended act as outriggers with a base of 3.8m. The company plans to market this at 1:i7 equipment in kit form, priced R. V. Prior, an owner operator based at Stoke Row, Henly-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, has produced his own solution to the problem by allowing the vehicle to tip on a cambered surface while on the move.
Taking hydraulic power from the main ram supply one of two 13-tonne double acting rams, mounted on each side of the chassis, bears down on the axle suspension to raise the chassis to a level attitude.