Meiller MHPS 41/3

The register lists here 14 versions with unladen weights from 4,390 to 7,680 kg, permissible gross weights from 33,000 to 43,000 kg, lengths from 7,620 to 9,423.5 mm and widths from 2,500 to 2,550 mm.

With payloads well over 25 tonnes against a comparatively low kerb weight, the MHPS range counts among the heavy trailers for hauling bulk material and building materials, used together with tipper bodies in construction and recycling operations. Hauliers typically run them shuttling between gravel pit, building site and disposal facility, where short cycles and high payload count.

When buying used, these tipper trailers call for a check of the tipping mechanism with its hydraulic rams and lines, the condition of the sides and floor panels, and the axles and brakes appropriate to the high payload. Wear at the tipping joints and seals, plus corrosion from abrasive bulk material such as sand or gravel, are typical check points; Meiller supplies spares for the tipper body and chassis through its service network; on the NOSS versions it is also worth checking the guidance of the tipping linkage.