Patent ID: 6283220
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B62D,E02F

Abstract:
A remote control fire-fighting vehicle comprising a body having a front end and a rear end and provided with first and second ground engageable propulsion means respectively disposed on opposite sides of the vehicle and in which the first and second propulsion means are driven by first and second transmission means respectively to permit the vehicle to be propelled and steered by driving the propulsion means on one side of the vehicle independently from the propulsion means on the other side of the vehicle, a boom assembly having carrying means for carrying an implement comprising at least one of a material handling implement and a fire-fighting attachment on the boom assembly, the boom assembly being mounted on the body for lifting movement between a raised position and a lowered position by a lifting means and wherein the ground engageable propulsion means and the lifting means of the boom assembly are operable by a receiver, of an electromagnetic signal, wherein each transmission means comprises a hydrostatic motor driven by a respective hydrostatic pump, the output of each pump being controlled by an electrical signal supplied by said receiver in response to said electromagnetic signal.