On the PlantWorx exhibition, which happened on 23-25 September on the Newark Showground within the UK, JCB launched the 6T Sitesafe ROPS web site dumper.
The EN474 laws got here into drive in February 2025, requiring web site dumpers with an working machine mass between 3,500kg and 4,500kg to have a further operator safety system, to stop the operator from being ejected from the machine within the occasion of a roll-over. The 6T Sitesafe ROPS dumper has a most machine mass of 4,500kg.
The ROPS machine joins the full-cab 6 and 9-tonne fashions in JCB’s Sitesafe web site dumper line up. The ROPS construction options massive opening gates to both facet of the machine, with heavy-duty latches. The design permits three-points of contact when climbing onto or leaving the machine. The gates additionally present further operator stability when traversing tough floor and there’s no affect to all-round visibility.
“Some producers’ designs don’t supply a lot operator safety, whereas others have massive pads that considerably limit visibility to the facet and rear,” says a JCB spokesperson. “Having an excellent view of those areas is crucial when driving a dumper via cones, poles or previous different autos, so we determined that our design needed to keep the distinctive all-round visibility of a traditional ROPS dumper, whereas maximising security.”
The 6T Sitesafe ROPS dumper is powered by a 55kW (74hp) JCB DieselMAX diesel engine, that has been paired with a brand new JCB SS670 4-speed synchroshuttle transmission. Driving via a torque converter, JCB says this new transmission delivers best-in-class gearshifting and superior off-road efficiency. The transmission boasts a forty five% shorter gear lever throw, 35% much less shifting drive and as much as 80% much less gear lever play than the earlier mannequin.
With as much as 6 litres much less oil, contributing to a lowered whole price of possession, service intervals for the gearbox have been elevated to 2,000 hours. An easy accessibility filter helps to chop service downtime and the transmission contributes to elevated productiveness. The brand new gearbox will turn out to be normal on all JCB 6- and 9-tonne capability web site dumpers later this yr.
“Some producers have moved to a hydrostatic transmission on bigger dumpers, however the parasitic lack of a hydrostatic system ends in lowered efficiency,” says a JCB spokesperson. “Most clients nonetheless just like the simplicity and efficiency of a gearbox and torque converter, as that is simple to service and has nice efficiency on and off-road, together with up and down steep inclines and thru deep mud, the place hydrostatic transmissions might battle.”
The 6T Sitesafe ROPS dumper is on the market with a Swivel Tip, permitting the machine to tip to both facet, or the Sitesafe Entrance Tip skip, which gives as much as 30% higher visibility than a traditional entrance tipping mannequin, due to its decrease total skip top. The machines have a big, gas-strut assisted engine cover, with further lockable hatches underneath the operator’s seat. All each day checks and repair objects will be simply reached from floor degree for brief service occasions.
Extra EN474 modifications that got here into drive in February embody a bubble inclinometer as normal, to stop the operator exceeding the utmost protected slope, rear view mirrors and a entrance digital camera. The Sitesafe dumpers additionally profit from a brand new operator’s seat with improved adjustment.
Choices embody totally compliant street lighting, LED working lights and Sitesafe 360° digital camera and entrance object detection programs, that are already an possibility on cabbed fashions. Manufacturing facility-fit high-visibility steps and handles will also be specified.
iVT editor, Tom Stone talks to JCB’s John Coyle in regards to the launch of the 6T Sitesafe ROPS web site dumper in our unique PlantWorkx Highlights video which might you watch HERE.
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