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Caught this myself. Interesting solution. Reminded me of some garbage truck concepts that were part of some competition way back when.

Do you know if there is any associated mechanical engineering work? Curious about the pivots and how the wheels turn.

Hi csven,

I’m interested as well. My questions would be where the engine and batteries would be (I supposed in the wheels?)and how would the driver get in and out?

My comment disappeared … this is it again! William Gibson said “The future is already here. It’s just unevenly distributed.” This manufacturer uses design in a similar way….. for their Topturn X: http://snipurl.com/288m5

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Motors are probably in the wheels. That’s been around at least since the 80′s (I did my skateboard concept vehicle back in school using the same idea based on tech articles covering Toyota’s motorized wheels). But given the anticipated power requirements, battery storage would definitely seem to be an issue. I don’t see any obvious place for the cells.

Hey Jim,

Sorry about that, i had to fish your comments out of the Spam list.

I remember Spam fritters.. if my mum wasn’t looking mine used to end up in garbage .. and we thought computers were in research centres then!

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Yes, it definitely is a mystery how the driver will get in and out of the truck. And you will get power problems if you want this monster to run on batteries.

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A very innovative design that appears to closely resemble a ‘transformer’. It looks like the operators cab tips forward as the rear lifts to dump – is that so?

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This is a great find and just had to find more information tied the haishandesign.com site but there is little information about the super tipper truck on their site. There is a site that gives a bit more information about the design http://www. gizmag.com/the-electric-super-tipper-truck/8801/ apparently there will be an electric motor in each wheel and the truck can load some materials like sand without the need for assistance.

I would imagine the cabin would lower to the ground for entry / exit, the arm it is connected to could be retractable and allow the setup to tilt and place it firmly on the ground, this also makes it a very safe form of entrance and exit!…

Great design, I think it could even work as a hybrid where the unit recycles its parasitic loss and transforms it into power for the engines within the wheels!.

I wonder if the cells could be located within the frame work of the tipper?…

I hope this one comes to fruitition, it is an excellent idea

When I, (a mining engineer for 35 years) look at the pictures of the model truck dumping its load, I see that it does not lift its “tub” up nearly as steeply as a real dump truck in a real mine needs to lift its tub to get the dirt out quickly and easily.
From the pictures that I can see of this “model” it won’t be able to discharge it’s load effectively.
The second major problem with this concept is the location of the hinges and the hydraulic rams on top of the truck. They are in a very vulnerable position and in a hard rock mine they will get hit by rocks being dumped onto them. These big cylinders aren’t cheap, and every time a big rock hits one it will cost about $45,000 to fix just for parts, let alone the cost of labour and downtime.
In real dump trucks, used in hard-rock mines, the dump cylinders are under the tub, and well-protected, for a very good reason!!