Body for a truck and a truck

A vehicle having a body fitted thereto, the body being capable of tipping relative to the vehicle, the vehicle having a front axle supporting two tyres, and a rear axle supporting four tyres wherein the optimum load distribution is 33% on the front axle and 67% on the rear axle, the body comprising;

• two side surfaces interconnected by a longitudinal surface keeping the side surfaces in spaced apart relation;
• the longitudinal surface and the side surface defining a cavity for receiving a payload, such as ore;
• wherein the longitudinal surface is configured such that the payload is self-centering as the body is loaded, such that in use, once the body is loaded within the gross vehicle weight limit, the load exerted on each axle does not exceed a 5% difference between the actual axle load distribution and the optimum axle load distribution on each axle.

A body adapted to be fitted to a truck such that once fitted the body is capable of tipping, the truck comprising at least two axles, the body comprising;

• two side surfaces interconnected by a longitudinal surface keeping the side surfaces in spaced apart relation, the side surfaces flare outwardly from a front section of the body to the rear of the body such that the body tapers outwardly from the front section of the body to a rear end;
• the longitudinal surface and the side surface defining a cavity for receiving a payload, the longitudinal surface is in the form of a contoured panel formed from a plurality of plates such that a floor section of the longitudinal surface provides a dish shaped surface;
• wherein the longitudinal surface is configured such that the payload is self-centering as the body is loaded, such that in operation the variation in distribution of load on each axle is less than 5% to that originally designed regardless of the volume of payload received in the cavity provided that the gross vehicle weight limit is not exceeded.

A body for a truck, the body being capable of tipping, the body comprising;

• two side surfaces interconnected by a longitudinal surface keeping the side surfaces in spaced apart relation;
• the longitudinal surface and the side surface defining a cavity for receiving a payload, such as ore;
• a canopy incorporating one or more curved sections secured to a front edge of the longitudinal surface, the canopy is configured, and angled rearwardly toward a central area of the body such that a central portion of the canopy is lower than a front edge of the canopy, whereupon any stray payload impacting upon the canopy is directed towards the cavity of the body.