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 1.95m³ (heaped) across rough terrain, up 25% gradients and at speeds of up to 19km/h (11.8mph).
“It 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,” 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.
“It’s a great achievement for Terex in the UK as we are proud to be supplying British-built products for the British Armed Forces,” said Terex product manager Mark Royse.
The testing process included checking the starting ability in a cold chamber test at -25ºC and the ability to be transported under a Chinook helicopter.
ALC Vehicles is a 15 year/£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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