Patent ID: 8636460

Claim:
A gondola carriage assembly for use with a gondola, comprising: a mobile, powered wheel driven loading vehicle having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion pivotally connected to said lower portion, said lower portion including a chassis having a forward end and a rearward end, a plurality of tire assemblies at said forward end and said rearward end for movement over ground; a cab and at least one power actuated boom controllable from said cab, said boom and said cab disposed on said upper portion of said mobile, powered wheel driven loading vehicle; said boom having at least one portion having a first end and a second distal end, said second distal end having an implement for adding material to or removing material from said gondola; each of said plurality of tire assemblies including a gondola wheel assembly, said gondola wheel assembly connected to each of said tire assemblies and rotatable with said tire assemblies; each of said gondola wheel assemblies having a first flange of a first diameter connectable to said tire assembly, a second inner gondola flange of a second diameter disposed outwardly of said first flange, a wheel hub between said first flange and said second flange, said wheel hub having a diameter which is less than said first diameter and said second diameter, a third outer gondola flange disposed outwardly of said second inner gondola flange, said wheel hub further extending between said second inner gondola flange and said third outer gondola flange; each of said gondola wheel assemblies connected to each of said plurality of tire assemblies near corners of said wheel driven loading vehicle; said gondola wheel assemblies each rotating with rotation of each corresponding said plurality of tire assemblies of said wheel driven loading vehicle; said gondola wheel hub of each of said gondola wheel assemblies engaging upper edges of said gondola, and said second and third flanges capturing said upper edges inhibiting excessive lateral movement of said gondola wheel assemblies relative to said upper edges; a stabilizer bar disposed at one end of said carriage assembly, said stabilizer bar capable of engaging said gondola to stabilize said mobile, powered wheel driven loading vehicle, said stabilizer bar being extendable from a first length to a second length to allow for over-the-road travel.