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A load transfer assembly is used on a vehicle which has one or more outriggers. The load transfer assembly consists of an axle assembly mounted proximate the outer end of at least one of the outriggers. The axle assembly bears at least one ground-engaging wheel and is selectively pivotable between a

A load transfer assembly is used on a vehicle which has one or more outriggers. The load transfer assembly consists of an axle assembly mounted proximate the outer end of at least one of the outriggers. The axle assembly bears at least one ground-engaging wheel and is selectively pivotable between a first axle support and transport position, with the wheel in engagement with the ground (outrigger retracted), and a second axle storage position, with the wheel out of engagement with the ground (outrigger extended).

대표청구항 ▼

In combination with a concrete pump vehicle supported by a plurality of ground engaging wheels, the vehicle having one or more elongated outriggers whose primary purpose are to support and stabilize the vehicle when the vehicle is stationary, each outrigger having an extensible leg mounted adjacent

In combination with a concrete pump vehicle supported by a plurality of ground engaging wheels, the vehicle having one or more elongated outriggers whose primary purpose are to support and stabilize the vehicle when the vehicle is stationary, each outrigger having an extensible leg mounted adjacent an outer end of the outrigger, each outrigger being selectively movable between a first outrigger transport position to accommodate vehicle movement, wherein the outrigger is retracted or folded rearwardly against the vehicle, and a second outrigger stabilizer position when the vehicle is stationary, wherein the outrigger is extended or unfolded generally laterally outwardly from the vehicle so that the leg of the outrigger is spaced from the vehicle, the improvement being a load transfer assembly which comprises: an axle assembly mounted to and extending from the outer end of at least one of the outriggers, each axle assembly bearing a pair of ground engaging wheels and each axle-assembly being selectively pivotable about a lateral axis with respect to a longitudinal length of the outrigger between a first axle support and transport position wherein the wheels are in engagement with the ground to aid in supporting the vehicle during movement thereof, and a second axle storage position wherein the wheels are rotationally translated approximately 180°about the lateral axis with respect to the longitudinal length of the outrigger such that the wheels are moved up out of engagement with the ground when the outrigger is in the outrigger stabilizer position and the wheels and axle assembly are positioned over the outrigger and its extensible leg, and wherein the lateral axis bout which the axle assembly pivots approximately 180°is above the outrigger.