LOAD-CARRIAGE COMPLEX AND METHOD OF LOAD CARRIAGE Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: load carriage. SUBSTANCE: proposed complex has fleet of different load-carrying capacity trucks, vehicle maintenance and repair sections provided with on-line computer communication with at least partial software support. Fleet has trucks of load capacity exceeding 12 tons, medium capacity trucks from 3.5 to 12 tons and small capacity trucks from 3.5 tons and lower. Number of large capacity trucks exceeds that of small capacity trucks not less than 2 times but not more than 18 times. Method of load carriage includes loading operations, carrying of loads and unloading as wells as servicing and repair of vehicles. Carrying of loads is done by trucks with above-indicated relationship of their number, as to load-carrying capacity, which are united into transportation system covered by dispatcher computer communication. Invention provides optimization of servicing and repair processes, increased economy and profitableness owing to reduction of time taken for vehicle servicing, improved quality of operations and provision of narrow specialization in process of each maintenance service. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 14 cl