Abstract: A transition dock is disclosed allowing palletized product to be loaded into transport conveyors at a worksite. The product may be produce and the worksite may be a field where the produce is harvested. Where operating at a field where produce is harvested, the loading dock facilitates loading of the produce into a reefer to begin the cold chain at the field.

Abstract: A transition dock is disclosed allowing palletized product to be loaded into transport conveyors at a worksite. The product may be produce and the worksite may be a field where the produce is harvested. Where operating at a field where produce is harvested, the loading dock facilitates loading of the produce into a reefer to begin the cold chain at the field.

Abstract: A failsafe stabilizer for an aircraft loader includes a pair of stabilizers extending from the loader which have a ground engaging plate which is actuated by a piston cylinder combination hydraulically. The cylinder is pivotally mounted to the chassis of the loader and normally maintained in its vertical position by a locking pin which engages a plate extending from the piston. If there is an emergency power failure in the hydraulic system, the pin may be withdrawn and when the loader is towed away, the cylinder and ground engaging plate pivot to remove any load from the plate to allow the loader to be easily moved on its wheels. To insure that the locking pin may be easily removed an offset pivot mounting is provided for the cylinder in the chassis relative to the center line of the cylinder so that there is minimal force on the locking pin even when the stabilizer is extended to contact the ground in its operating position.

Abstract: A hydraulic rear platform lift for an aircraft loader provides for an increased height by providing a pair of lifting levers actuated by a hydraulic cylinder-piston which extends into cutout space of a forward support frame and mates with the scissor type lifting beams of a forward lifting platform. The lifting mechanism generally consists of a chicken leg lever and tension bar with the actuating force provided by a cylinder--piston connected between the chicken leg lever and the other end of the tension bar. For even greater lifting heights, one end of the tension bar may be placed on the leg of the rear scissor beams with appropriate cutouts being provided in the rear support frame and rear elevatable platform.

Abstract: An elongated trailer includes a bed supported on an undercarriage, wherein the undercarriage is shiftable longitudinally between roading and loading positions. At least one beam is provided on the bed and includes a lower flange defining a tracking surface, a web extending upward from the central longitudinal axis of the flange, and forward and rear ramps formed in the tracking surface. The forward and rear ramps are spaced longitudinally from one another and extend laterally inward from opposite sides of the tracking surface. The ramps are of a width greater than one half the width of the tracking surface so that the ramps overlap one another when viewed along the central longitudinal axis, and each ramp extends beneath the web. A pair of rollers are supported on the undercarriage for rotational movement and bear against the central longitudinal axis of the tracking surface and engage the ramps when the undercarriage is shifted to the roading position.