Abstract: A wheeled loading machine includes a body mounting a loading arm, a ground engaging structure including a front axle which carries a front pair of ground engaging wheels and a rear axle which carries a rear pair of ground engaging wheels, the loading arm being mounted at a position towards a rear of the machine for up and down movement about a generally horizontal axis, and the loading arm extending forwardly beside a cab which is mounted at one side of the body, to an outermost end which is beyond a front of the body, and the loading arm having at its outermost end a mounting for a loading implement and the arm being extendible to vary the length of the loading arm, and each axle being suspended from the body by a respective suspension, each of the ground engaging wheels being drivable by an engine of the machine through a mechanical transmission, and the machine including a braking system for braking each wheel, the braking system including a brake control system which provides a brake anti-locking function

Abstract: A load handling machine includes a body, a lifting arm pivotally mounted to the body about a first pivot axis, and a load handling implement pivotally mounted to the lifting arm about a second pivot axis. A first actuator provides movement about the first axis, and a second actuator provides movement about the second axis. A displacement device is mounted on the body and the lifting and includes a pair of cylinders. The second actuator and the displacement device are interconnected such that as the lifting arm is lowered, fluid ejected from one of the pair of cylinders of the displacement device is fed to an annulus side of the second actuator, and as the lifting arm is raised, fluid is ejected from annulus sides of both of the cylinders of the displacement device and is fed to a non-annulus side of the second actuator.

Abstract: A material handling vehicle comprising a structure having ground engageable propulsion means and a material handling means comprising a boom mounted on the structure for raising and lowering swinging movement relative to the structure and driven for said raising and lowering movement by a first drive means and said boom being extendable and being driven for extension or retraction by a second drive means and a material handling implement carried by an outer end part of said boom, wherein the material handling implement comprises a carrier and a load engageable device moveable relative to the carrier, a first sensing means to sense a first position of the device relative to the carrier, said drive means being responsive to the said first sensing means sensing said first position to modify operation of said drive means.

Abstract: A material handling vehicle comprising a structure having ground engageable propulsion means and a material handling means comprising a boom mounted on the structure for raising and lowering swinging movement relative to the structure and driven for said raising and lowering movement by a first drive means and said boom being extendable and being driven for extension or retraction by a second drive means and a material handling implement carried by an outer end part of said boom, wherein the material handling implement comprises a carrier and a load engageable device moveable relative to the carrier, a first sensing means to sense a first position of the device relative to the carrier, said drive means being responsive to the said first sensing means sensing said first position to modify operation of said drive means.