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A standard dump truck is a truck chassis with a dump body mounted to the frame. The bed is raised by a vertical hydraulic ram mounted under the front of the body (known as a front post hoist configuration), or a horizontal hydraulic ram and lever arrangement between the frame rails (known as an underbody hoist configuration), and the back of ...
The company is often cited as an originator of the pickup truck and an early developer of the dump truck. [1] As early as 1913 Galion Allsteel was installing hauling boxes on slightly modified Ford model T chassis. The popularity of this combination led to the first production pickup truck by Ford in 1925. [2]
Before the dump body can be joined to the frame, the dump body components must be assembled and welded together by a dedicated team, requiring seven to ten days per dump body. Final assembly of one 797 requires a team of seven mechanics working in three shifts around the clock, for 20 days, in addition to the time required to assemble and weld ...
Truck bed may refer to: Tonneau, an open area of a vehicle, which may be coverable with a tonneau cover. Pickup bed, the bed of the tonneau of a pickup truck; Flatbed truck truckbed; Dump truck truckbed "Truck Bed" (song), a 2023 song by Hardy
The CV Series are medium-duty trucks introduced in 2018, and developed in a joint venture with General Motors, which markets the vehicle as the Silverado 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD. It is an entirely new truck with its own cab and styling. It is marketed as tow, dump, service and utility trucks. [77] [78] [79]
The Euclid Trucks was a manufacturer which specialized in heavy equipment for earthmoving, particularly dump trucks, loaders and wheel tractor-scrapers. Known for its distinctive bright green paint scheme, it operated in the United States from the 1920s to the 1950s, when it was purchased by General Motors .
Following its introduction for GMT400 trucks, a 4-door crew cab became an option after 1992. For 1997, GM introduced a C8500-series variant of the GMT530. [9] A Class 8 truck, the C8500 was offered with either single and tandem rear axles, taking over the role left vacant by the departure of the GMC Brigadier and General after 1988.
A flatbed truck (or flatbed lorry in British English) is a type of truck the bodywork of which is just an entirely flat, level 'bed' with no sides or roof. This allows for quick and easy loading of goods, and consequently they are used to transport heavy loads that are not delicate or vulnerable to rain, and also for abnormal loads that require ...