Patent ID: 8033572

Claim:
Vehicle, in particular construction vehicle, comprising: an upper carriage including accommodating sleeves fixedly connected to the upper carriage, a detachable ballast weight, the detachable ballast weight includes a base plate and retaining shafts fixed to the base plate, fasteners to detachably fasten the detachable ballast weight on the upper carriage of the vehicle, wherein the retaining shafts protrude into the accommodating sleeves and are detachably retained therein by the fasteners, a lifting mechanism to lift the ballast weight from a set-down position into a mounting position on the vehicle, a locking bolt, an actuating cylinder to actuate the locking bolt, and a support mechanism having at least one extendable support foot, wherein the at least one extendable support foot of the support mechanism has at least one positioning cylinder configured to lift and lower the detachable ballast weight as well as to provide support for the vehicle with the extendable support foot.