Dump truck

(Also known as dumpers ) dump trucks are mostly off-road utility vehicles for the transport of dissolved soil or from loose bulk materials. The term of the dump truck is also used for trailers and other vehicles which are used in agriculture and construction. In the period after the Second World War was the " front tipper " often found on construction sites.

The two-lane heavy motor vehicles ( SKW ) with a large dump body are used for the removal of overburden material, especially in quarries, gravel pits, coal mines, Erztagebauen or underground mining. Because of their dimensions and weights for road use of these vehicles is not possible.

In many cases, dump trucks equipped with a hydrostatic drive on all wheels. These vehicles can be transported through their drive way and their design with large wheels and large quantities masses even in difficult terrain. In these devices, use masses are achieved up to 810 t. Often these vehicles are used to transport the mining site to conveyors or crushers.

As the largest and strongest built in series dump truck is considered at present ( November 2013 ) of BelAZ 75710th The total mass of the truck is a maximum of 810 tons and a payload of 450 tons. It is powered by two diesel engines each of 1,691 kW / 2,300 hp.

Well-known manufacturers of large dump trucks are Astra, BelAZ, Bell Equipment, Caterpillar, Euclid, Hitachi, Liebherr, Komatsu, Doosan ( the Norwegian Dumpers Moxy the company took over ), Perlini, Scania, Terex and Volvo. Smaller dumpers for use on construction sites are produced, among others, AUSA, Wacker Neuson, JCB, Weber and Yanmar.

Dump truck ( articulated steering ), as it is seen on large construction sites and quarries, sand, gravel pits

Dump Truck Komatsu CD - 110R with caterpillar drive

W50 LA / K -MK ( dump trucks )

DDR Dumper Picco I, colloquially known as triangular file