diver99 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Hi all, I have no knowledge of trucks,loaders etc. What is the difference between a Scania 114c-340 Hook Loader, and a military 'drops' vehicle, like the Scania 112H 6x2 hook loader? Ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecyMech Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 (edited) Well for a start......just putting the military theme, or any DROPS/hook loader employment aside for a moment.......the two vehicles you quoted for comparsion are totally different vehicles. The term 114, means 11 litre, 4 Series, whereas 112 means 11 litre 2 series. The 'series' part referring to the cab shape/design & these two are very different. Other example variations lifted from civilian applications are, for example, 113 (11 litre 3 series)...144 (14 litre V8 4 series) The Scania 1, 2, 3 & 4 Series vehicles all employed very different shape cabs (ok, the 2&3 series are similar). Each of these (just to confuse maters) was available in a high datum or low datum cab. In the case of the 2,3,4 series the bigger cab being the R cab & the lower being the P cab. The small letters after the model number were d, c, l, g......'c' in your example meaning 'construction'. Built for tippers, mixers etc, that sort of use. The 340 in your example gives the engine horsepower. This numbering system finished with the introduction of the later 'R' series though (matters further confused) In terms of what defines a military DROPS from a civilian hook loader.... A DROPS is going to require some cross country ability for a start & is unlikely to be less than 8x6. Certainly a 6x2 (meaning 3 axles & only 1 driven) would be fairly useless in anything more than a homeland 'shifting stores by road' role. Does any of that help at all ? RecyMech Edited September 23, 2011 by RecyMech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosrec Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 (edited) The actual drops is gear on civillian vehicles very few of the MK4 drops gear were ever purchased for civillian use. Civillian versions use an telescoping boom to start and finish the loading cycle . Most milatry drops gear have a breakneck type. there are exceptions here is a milatry one with civillian gear and maybe the one you are on about the H in 112H stands for Heavy Duty Edited September 23, 2011 by cosrec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stal108 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 One small point A drops pattel will not fit a uk hookload truck and the same a std uk pallet wont fit on a drops truck. So this whole thread is a none starter. Unless it about Scania,, i had no idea the 114 ment 11ltr 4 series so good info.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver99 Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 Thats brilliant fella's thanks for that. I'm surprised that they are different in the pallet loading. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Thats brilliant fella's thanks for that. I'm surprised that they are different in the pallet loading.Cheers. It is not a pallet but a rack or skip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stal108 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Yes yet again in The UK we go one way but the EU go the other , as o rack in europe will fit nato spec but British one wont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Ahh pallets? Racks?? I think they were only called racks so we could call the system DROPS (demountable rack offload and pickup system). They were all supposed to be compatible across NATO... Anyway just to confuse the issue the replacement for DROPS is EPLS.. Guess what the P stands for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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