The Benefits

DT HI-Load Australia recently completed a gruelling 18 month field trial with one of Australia’s leading mining contractors to benchmark the performance and savings the lightweight and durable bodies offer to the mining industry.

When targeting areas to raise profitability DT HI-Load bodies offer significant savings through increased load ability, reduced maintenance and repair and overall operational efficiencies.

The benefits of switching to a DT HI-Load body give your operation greater profitability with advantages overlapping many cost areas of the business:

Cost Savings

• Reduced tyre costs through consistent axle weight split
• Reduced fuel costs by maximising load carrying ability to truck performance
• Less dozer clean up at dump through more accurate tipping
• Wear Management Programme manages tray service life

Wear and Tear

• Reduced dumping angle reduces tail damage
• Rear wheel rock ejectors minimise tyre damage
• Self Pivoting, self cleaning mudflaps

Load benefits

• Reduced dump time
• Patented scoop reduces material hang up issues
• Automatic load positioning reduces high impact collisions

Maintenance

• ThyssenKrupp steel provides added strength to reduce truck down time for body repairs
• Unique panel construction means reduced repair time and cost
• One man operation ‘body up’ safety restraint

Safety

• Larger loading target area reduces high impact collisions
• Reduced rock spillage during transit
• Operator cab rock protection
• Tyre rock protection at loading area
• Minimum two metre head clearance under canopy

The unique panel construction of the DT Hi-Load body is quicker and less expensive to repair than conventional square box trays. Common accidents such as impact collision damage from shovels can lead to considerable downtime for fleets but the DT Hi-Load body reduces this repair time dramatically.