New 3-cu. - yd. Dumper T HE new Muir-Hill 14B concretecarrying dumper, announced
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by E. Boydell and Co., Ltd., of Old Trafford, VIanchester, has a liquid capacity of 3 cu. yd., and is able to deal equally xrell with concrete of varying moisture :ontent.
Designed to carry concrete between )atching plant and placing point, the I4B Jumper is said to be suitable for the reeding of pavers and mechanical and tamping equipment on road construction projects, where the hauling distance is often too short to warrant the use of agitators or mobile mixing plant.
A tipping height of 4 ft. i in. under the body lip is provided, a height suitable for discharge into standard 1-yd. and 2-yd. concrete Tremie buckets and concrete pump hoppers. A discharge chute can be supplied with the machine to facilitate placing at ground level.
Power is provided by a Perkins P6 diesel engine and there are four forward and four reverse gears, giving speed ranges of from 3.25 m.p.h. to 17.1 m.p.h. and 2.31 m.p.h. to 12.2 m.p.h. respectively.