Patent ID: 6217122
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A dual use belly dumping and end dumping vehicle, comprising:(a) a frame, having left and right side beams connected together to form an opening therebetween, said frame mounted on rear wheels for transport;(b) a hopper with sides, ends and an openable bottom, said hopper carried in said opening, between said left and right side beams in said frame;(c) rollers mounted to said sides of said hopper for rollingly supporting said hopper on top of said left and right side beams of said frame;(d) pivot bars mounted on said frame above said rear wheels;(e) pivot sockets mounted on said hopper for engaging said pivot bars when said hopper is rolled rearward along said side beams from a transport position to a pivot engagement position, said sockets constructed for releasable engaged pivoting of said hopper about said pivot bars to a dumping position at which said hopper is raised at an angle and an end of said hopper dumps the content thereof behind said rear wheels; and(f) hydraulic cylinders mounted between sides of said frame and the sides of said hopper for retractably rolling said hopper from said transport position to said pivot engagement position and to said angled dumping position.