Container transportation system
First Claim
1. A method for transporting and delivering hot mix asphalt (HMA) from a production plant to a utilization site including the steps of:
- providing a trailer capable of being loaded and unloaded from either end with roll-on/roll-off containers;
placing at least one thermally insulated container filled with hot mix asphalt on said trailer from one of said ends;
towing said trailer to a destination location;
transferring each said at least one container from as said ends said trailer to a delivery vehicle;
emptying the hot mix asphalt from each said at least one container on said delivery vehicle; and
returning each said at least one empty container to said trailer.
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Abstract
A transportation system is adapted for transporting and removing roll on/roll off containers from a trailer surface. A tractor having a fifth wheel is used to tow the trailer. The tractor carries a supplemental platform, which is placed over the fifth wheel area to permit transfer of a container from the trailer onto the platform of the towing tractor for transportation of the container to a delivery site. The container and tractor also include mating members to permit raising one end of the container relative to the other to facilitate dumping of the contents from the container while it is carried on the supplemental platform on the tractor. A specific form of container, particularly suitable for use in the transportation system, is a double walled, insulated container for carrying hot mix asphalt.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for transporting and delivering hot mix asphalt (HMA) from a production plant to a utilization site including the steps of:
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providing a trailer capable of being loaded and unloaded from either end with roll-on/roll-off containers; placing at least one thermally insulated container filled with hot mix asphalt on said trailer from one of said ends; towing said trailer to a destination location; transferring each said at least one container from as said ends said trailer to a delivery vehicle; emptying the hot mix asphalt from each said at least one container on said delivery vehicle; and returning each said at least one empty container to said trailer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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