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US 4,067,410 AGranted
Load transporting vehicles
AssigneeInternational Harvester Company
InventorsJames C. Tamburino, E. A. Domes, Lawrence A. Venere
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Abstract
An off-the-road earth-moving truck having a rearwardly dumping body, has equal weight distribution between a steerable drive axle and a drive axle both when fully loaded and when empty.
Claims2
A vehicle having a driven rear axle and a driven steerable front axle each carrying a pair of wheels and tires comprising:
- a frame having a pair of longitudinal frame rails, each rail having an upper surface, said frame including a forward portion, an aft portion and a lowered center section where said upper surface of said frame rails along said lowered center section are substantially below the top elevation of said tires on said driven axles;
- a motor means carried on said lowered center section of said frame between said driven rear axle and said steerable driven front axle;
- a drive transmitting means communicating between said motor means and said axles;
- a load carrying body having direct contact with said frame at portions other than said lowered center section;
- a cab housing control means to direct the direction and velocity of said vehicle.
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