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At the bottom of the range, Dodge offered the three now common pick-up classes (1 ⁄ 2-ton, 3 ⁄ 4-ton and one-ton), as well as a 1 1 ⁄ 2-ton pickup. Dodge's half-ton pickups, on a 116 in (2.95 m) wheelbase with a 7 1 ⁄ 2 -foot box, now had the 70-horsepower 201-cubic-inch L-head straight-six.
The G-506 trucks, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 4x4, produced as the Chevrolet G7100 (and originally G4100) models, were a series of (light) medium four wheel drive trucks used by the United States Army and its allies during and after World War II. This series came in standard cargo, as well as many specialist type bodies.
From 1968 onwards, the U.S. military replaced the M37 with the heavier-rated 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 (or five-quarter) ton Kaiser Jeep manufactured M715 family of vehicles. Rather than purpose-built tactical vehicles, these "militarized" commercial off-the-shelf ('COTS') trucks were considered underpowered and fragile compared to the M37. [ 3 ]
A Thwaites dumper in action A Neuson dumper A German-made Picco 1 dumper with one rear wheel in the midline. See de:Picco 1 (in German) A dumper or dumper truck is a vehicle designed for carrying bulk material, often on building sites. A dumper has a body which tilts or opens at the back for unloading and is usually an open 4-wheeled vehicle ...
Production consisted of just over 6,000 closed cab, open bed cargo trucks, plus just under 400 dump-trucks. Like on the 1 ⁄ 2-ton VC-series, the 1940 VF-400 1 1 ⁄ 2-ton models simply used civilian front sheet-metal, based on the 1939 commercial model TE-30 cab, with a brush-guard fitted in front of the grille and headlights — but with a ...
A super dump is a straight dump truck equipped with a trailing axle, a liftable, load-bearing axle rated as high as 13,000 pounds (5,897 kg). Trailing 11 to 13 feet (3.35 to 3.96 m) behind the rear tandem, the trailing axle stretches the outer "bridge" measurement—the distance between the first and last axles—to the maximum overall length ...
List of dump truck manufacturers. This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021) Tractor units.
GM has been running the Titan dump truck at the Kaiser iron mine in Eagle Mountain, Calif. Mercer, Mike (1999-03-01). "New era of mine haul truck giants". Diesel Progress North American Edition. Diesel Progress. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24 As early as 1973 Terex developed a three-axle, 350-ton hauler...