On the PlantWorx exhibition, which occurred on 23-25 September on the Newark Showground within the UK, JCB launched the 6T Sitesafe ROPS website dumper.
The EN474 laws got here into power in February 2025, requiring website 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 website 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 impression to all-round visibility.
“Some producers’ designs don’t supply a lot operator safety, whereas others have massive pads that considerably prohibit visibility to the facet and rear,” says a JCB spokesperson. “Having a superb view of those areas is crucial when driving a dumper by means of 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 by means of 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 power 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 complete value of possession, service intervals for the gearbox have been elevated to 2,000 hours. An quick access filter helps to chop service downtime and the transmission contributes to elevated productiveness. The brand new gearbox will turn into commonplace on all JCB 6- and 9-tonne capability website dumpers later this yr.
“Some producers have moved to a hydrostatic transmission on bigger dumpers, however the parasitic lack of a hydrostatic system leads to lowered efficiency,” says a JCB spokesperson. “Most prospects 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 wrestle.”
The 6T Sitesafe ROPS dumper is out there 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, because of its decrease total skip top. The machines have a big, gas-strut assisted engine cover, with further lockable hatches beneath the operator’s seat. All every day checks and repair objects might be simply reached from floor stage for brief service instances.
Further EN474 adjustments that got here into power in February embody a bubble inclinometer as commonplace, to stop the operator exceeding the utmost protected slope, rear view mirrors and a entrance digicam. The Sitesafe dumpers additionally profit from a brand new operator’s seat with improved adjustment.
Choices embody totally compliant highway lighting, LED working lights and Sitesafe 360° digicam and entrance object detection methods, that are already an choice on cabbed fashions. Manufacturing unit-fit high-visibility steps and handles may also be specified.
iVT editor, Tom Stone talks to JCB’s John Coyle concerning the launch of the 6T Sitesafe ROPS website dumper in our unique PlantWorkx Highlights video which might you watch HERE.
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