JOINT ISOLATION SYSTEM AND A DUMP BODY INCORPORATING THE SAME

摘要

A joint isolation system for use on a dump body of on an off-highway rubber-tired haulage vehicle includes a first plate an elongated edge, a top side, and a face. A second plate is provided and includes an elongated edge. The first and second plates overlap each other to definie a widened seam bounded at least in part by the elongated edges of the respective plates, and a weld is disposed along the elongated edge of the first plate joining the elongated edge of the first plate to an adjacent surface of the second plate, the weld and at least a portion of the second plate disposed along the widened seam cooperate to permit the second plate to apply a resisting load to the face of the first plate in response to the application of a load against an opposing face of the first plate.