Eliminate the need for seasonal trucks.
Reduce licensing fees by reducing fleet size.
Reduce workman comp claims by allowing beds/bodies/containers to be loaded at ground level.
Loads payloads with less tip than any hook-lift system.
Quick change functions in under 1 minute (dump body, open-top container, flatbed, water tank, etc...).
Easy in-cab operation, with two switches.
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"Change is the law of life.
And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
-- John F. Kennedy
Questions, comments or suggestions?
Please E-mail at:
dennisjsattler@gmail.com
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Dennis Sattler
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One day I was about to receive a new cab and chassis and I was thinking about putting a cube on the back of it. Then I discovered a special price on some heavy duty trailer jacks and that got me thinking about being able to take the cube off so I could use it as a job shack from time to time. I thought: If I could do that, I could put a flat bed on it for the summer also.
Then I thought about the camper routine I'd experienced in the past. With something as big and heavy, it would be real tipsy and I was sure it would take up half my mornings just being out there in the rain trying to change the payloads.
Then I thought: How automatic could I make it?
Something like a mini dumpster truck was the most logical solution. But to make it work on a shorter wheel base lighter truck had a few issues I had to resolve. Most importantly, the frame rails had to be kept short and that's where the problem was....
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Creating
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I used a match book cover for a straight edge on a scrape piece paper to play around with a few ideas on geometry. I came up with the idea of moving the pivot point back and down, and that is what you might call a pivotal-link method. With just a sketch and comparing distances marked on the edge of the match book, it looked as the most
efficient way to go.
Patent Drawings
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I figured that I could just buy the equipment and build it myself. Having the welding equipment meant that I could build many other kinds of beds for it too. That was the part I wanted to get to, but this is America, things like this just don't happen in your back yard. If so, you pay for it with your life.
Building the Proto-Type
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Kind of funny having a web-site to inform people about how handy a mini roll-off would be, but I didn't think it would be hard to explain to a carpenter in Australia, just how handy a sawzall is either.
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