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Piggy Packer Container Handling Vehicle - John Anstey
John Anstey brought along his reproduction of an American container handler called a Piggy Packer.
The model is hydraulically operated with the use of plastic medical syringes. The three hydraulic operations are powered by a P.D.U., on the screw jack principle.
Transmission is a P.D.U., to each front wheel independently, each has a slimming clutch to replace a differential, the rear wheel steering is caster mounted on a ballrace and powered by two P.D.U’s.
The model is mounted on unfilled ashtray tyres and weighs around 30 lbs.
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