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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Darrell D. Jansen, Boise, ID (US);
Michael T. Vickers, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Whiteman Industries, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/00 ;
Abstract
A motorized dump-type vehicle is provided having a chassis frame, an engine mounted on said frame, a dump container pivotally mounted on the front of said frame and a hydraulic system enabling said container to be raised and lowered by a hydraulic cylinder and said vehicle to be driven in either forward or reverse directions using its front wheels. Additionally, as needed, the vehicle can be switched into all-wheel-drive by hydraulically driving the vehicle's rear wheel(s) which are by default undriven.