Terex equipped the site dumpers with lifting eyes to enable them to be airlifted beneath Chinook helicopters for rapid deployment to remote sites for infrastructure repairs.
With a 32.4kW (43.5hp) Kubota diesel engine and permanent four-wheel drive, the TA3 site dumpers can deliver payloads of up to 1.95m鲁 (heaped) across rough terrain, up 25% gradients and at speeds of up to 19km/h (11.8mph).
鈥淚t is a testament to the strength and versatility of our Terex site dumpers that we are supplying for the MoD, they are basically the same ones we sell to our civilian customers,鈥� said Terex key account manager Peter Barfield.
The dumpers are designed and produced in Coventry. Terex won the order after a two-year long tendering process in which both the MoD and ALC Vehicles examined every technical detail of the product and parts support systems.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a great achievement for Terex in the UK as we are proud to be supplying British-built products for the British Armed Forces,鈥� said Terex product manager Mark Royse.
The testing process included checking the starting ability in a cold chamber test at -25潞C and the ability to be transported under a Chinook helicopter.
ALC Vehicles is a 15 year/拢600m joint venture between Amey and Babcock International that provides the MoD with a range of construction and mechanical handling equipment for worldwide operations.
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