A skip vehicle 10 has a support 34 for an upper skip 24 over a lower skip 20. The support 34 may be a retractable or hinged hydraulic platform mounted on the vehicle and swung out of the way for loading lower skip 20, or a collar (54, fig 4) or projections (56, fig 5) spacing the skips apart. Means 52, 500 may weigh skips, calculate centre of gravity height, compare overall height with a maximum safe height, and control driving modes. The vehicle can have a trailer 102 and a turntable, and skip moves involving the trailer 102 are described. A low structure (580, fig 1) has a transponder (582, fig 1) indicating the maximum safe height for a vehicle.
Vehicles
2021-09-15
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Hybrid Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
British Library Online Contents | 2015
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