VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; tractors for timber industry. SUBSTANCE: vehicle has self-propelled chassis with skeleton, frame and winch. Load gantry boom is installed for turning in vertical plane by means of hydraulic cylinder. Sheave is secured on load boom crossmember. Winch wire rope coupled with load gripping device is reeved over sheave. Brackets are secured on frame. Load gantry boom is installed in middle part of chassis skeleton. Load platform is made in form of holder with flooring and thrust pillars, is hinge secured by rear part on rear part of chassis skeleton and rests by its middle portion on brackets. Vertical pillars of load gantry boom are made U-shaped. With load gantry boom in travelling position, sheave is located on one vertical with above indicated brackets, and at charging/discharging position of load gantry boom, sheave is arranged under holder flooring, extending beyond vehicle clearance limits. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 1 dwg