Public works . nous patch se-cures perfect adhesion. This enables therepair work to be done both in wetweather and in winter. There is a large and constantly in-creasing number of State and CountyHighway Departments that are installingHeil Dumping Equipment on the trucksallotted them by the Federal Govern-ment. Some states have more than 200of these units in operation. There have recently been allotted morethan 500 Class B Liberty Trucks andduring the past two or three years 4,000 Nash Quads. The other trucks which have been furnished are: 3-tonPackard, 2 and 5-ton Pierce H
Public works . nous patch se-cures perfect adhesion. This enables therepair work to be done both in wetweather and in winter. There is a large and constantly in-creasing number of State and CountyHighway Departments that are installingHeil Dumping Equipment on the trucksallotted them by the Federal Govern-ment. Some states have more than 200of these units in operation. There have recently been allotted morethan 500 Class B Liberty Trucks andduring the past two or three years 4,000 Nash Quads. The other trucks which have been furnished are: 3-tonPackard, 2 and 5-ton Pierce Heavy Aviation, 3-ton Riker, 3-tonF. W. in varying quantities. Heil dumping units have been designedto meet the exact requirements of theCounty and State Highway Commis-sions. They -are designed to fit the par-ticular chasses on which they aremounted and to give 100 per cent, ser-vice on those trucks. The Heil Company carries a stock ofbodies and hoists for these particularchasses so that prompt delivery can. TWO-YARD HEIL BODY AND HOIST ON ,11 ... L A L. . i TiUCK. 396 PUBLIC WORKS Vol. 52, No. 21 easily be made to counties or townshipsrequiring equipment. This type of body is square corneredand straight sided, with the front endcrowned, and is best adapted for roadwork because it permits cement block,lumber, tile, etc., to be piled in close tothe bottom edges which would not bepossible if these were rounded. All Heil bodies aretapered 3 inches widerat the rear than at thefront so that the loadwill free itself whenelevated. Tail gates forthe bodies are hingedat the top and opened at thebottom they are usedfor dumping gravel,sand and the like. Whenopened from the topand folded down theyextend the platforms sothat long materials suchas pipes, beams and thelike can be handled veryreadily. The operating deviceused is known as theHeils 100 per centManual Control. A patented gooseneckhook is extended through the rear bodybrace, reaches out and draws the gatet
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