Abstract: A load-carrying vehicle provided with lifting devices to raise and lower loads, comprising a chassis mounted on road wheels, load raising and lowering devices supported by the chassis, at least one additional road wheel articulated with respect to the chassis, and power operated devices operable to move each additional road wheel in an arcuate path from an inoperative position within the normal width of the vehicle to an operative load bearing position in engagement with the ground beside the road wheels of the vehicle.

Abstract: A traversing mechanism for the mast of a side loader vehicle having a chassis including front and rear wheeled body parts interconnected by a backbone structure with a recess extending transversely of the vehicle between the body parts and having mast guide means along the sides of the recess, the traversing mechanism comprising mast supporting means moveable along the guide means, a prime mover operatively connected to a pair of idler rollers to translate them transversely of the vehicle, freely rotatable rollers journalled to the chassis at one side of the recess one at each end of the path of mast travel, a flexible member anchored at its ends to the chassis and passing in succession over one of the idler rollers, both freely rotatable rollers, and the other idler roller, the flexible member having a reach secured to the mast supporting means, whereby movement of the idler rollers by the prime mover will cause the flexible member to translate the mast supporting means along the guides.

Abstract: A method of producing from straight metal section material fork lift truck forks of substantially L-shaped construction with substantially vertical and horizontal arm portions extending from the bend, comprising heating the straight metal to softening point in the region of the proposed bend and while the vertical and horizontal arm portions are supported substantially at right angles, forming with softened metal by cavity welding the required shape of the fork in the region of the bend.

Abstract: A method of producing fork lift truck forks of substantially L-shaped construction with substantially vertical and horizontal arm portions extending from the bend, comprising removing from a steel plate of a thickness corresponding to the width of the forks, a fork element shaped to a first of said arms with the bend and a portion of the second of said arms, and welding to said portion a strip of metal of substantially the width of said second arm to complete the second arm.