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Specification sheets for special vehicles are full of figures that are easy to misread: tank volume versus legal payload, rated crane capacity versus capacity at radius, platform height versus working height. The articles in this section explain what each figure means and how it affects the job the vehicle can do. Use them when you compare quotations from different suppliers or check whether a model fits your roads, loads and regulations. Each explanation uses worked examples and links to product pages where you can see the same figures in context.
We compare the three pump types used on sewage trucks, show the water-ring models fitted across our 4 m³ to 17 m³ vacuum trucks, and explain airflow, vacuum and fill-time figures.
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Fire pump ratings pair flow with pressure. Here we decode CB10/60-style pump codes, convert L/s to gpm, work out tank run times and compare rear, midship and front pump positions.
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Body volume is only half of the sizing question. Here compactor sizes are set against GVW, rated payload and overall length, so you can match a truck to your waste density and street width.
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"10 ton truck" is one of the most common phrases in a truck enquiry and one of the least precise. It can describe what the truck carries, what the truck weighs when loaded, or what its crane can lift. This guide shows how to tell them apart and what size of truck each figure leads to.
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Hiab truck, lorry mounted crane, boom truck, self loader: four names used for a truck that lifts its own cargo. This article explains what each one means, how straight and knuckle booms differ, and why a "10 ton" crane does not lift 10 tons at full reach.
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The name on the enquiry changes from country to country, but the choices that matter are the same everywhere: which way the body tips, whether the truck is rigid or articulated, how many axles carry the load and what shape the body is.
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Learn how finished truck mass, legal payload and body volume interact. Worked examples show why subtracting curb weight from GVW can overstate usable cargo.
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Understand what truck drive codes mean and compare traction, axle loading, route access and legal payload using four published special-vehicle configurations.
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Nominal tank volume, legal payload, spray width, application rate and pump flow decide what an asphalt distributor can lay in a shift. Worked figures from our 5,000–12,000 L distributors show how they fit together.
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Before a feed truck reaches a silo it has to clear gates, sheds, ramps and farm bends. Here is how our 4x2, three-axle and 8x4 feed trucks measure up, what each dimension limits and how to check your own sites.
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How much a machinery flatbed can legally carry depends on axle count, curb weight and the exact build. This guide compares our 4x2, 6x2 and 8x4 flatbeds and matches them to machine classes, ramps and axle loads.
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Water tank sizes for our fire trucks from light 4x2 pumpers to 8x4 tenders, how many seconds each tank lasts at rated pump flow, how foam tanks are proportioned, and the pump and payload details to confirm before you order.
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An engineer's walk-through of pneumatic cement unloading: where the air comes from, how cones and fluidizing beds move the powder, and why rated load, not tank volume, sets how much cement you can haul.
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The tonnage on a crane nameplate is one point on its load chart. Working radius, load moment in t·m, outrigger setup and boom type decide what a crane truck can really lift on your jobs, and how much chassis it needs.
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A practical method for sizing a tipper: convert body volume to tonnes for sand, gravel and soil, check GVW and axle ratings, then weigh 4x2, 6x4 and 8x4 chassis and U-shaped or box bodies against your load.
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Box size decides what a fleet truck carries per trip, but only together with payload and door openings. Here is how to read box dimensions, convert them to cubic meters and pallets, and choose between box, dropside and flatbed bodies.
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Tank volume is only half the answer. This guide converts our water truck sizes into US gallons and kilograms, compares them with rated payload on 4x2, 6x4 and 8x4 chassis, and lists what to confirm before ordering.
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How pumpers, foam, dry powder, combined-agent and rescue fire trucks differ, with listed tank ranges from 850 L to 25,000 L and a guide to matching 4x2, 4x4, 6x4 or 8x4 chassis to the risk.
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We compare drum volume, rated payload and chassis weight across our 3.99 m³ 4x2 and 7.09–7.96 m³ 8x4 mixers, and show how to work out a legal concrete load before you order.
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A buyer's reference to how ambulance bodies and care levels are classified, which body form our van and box-body builds follow, and what to fix in the patient compartment before you ask for a quote.
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