METHOD FOR LOADING AN EXCHANGE PLATFORM, LOADING EQUIPMENT, AND EXCHANGE PLATFORM

摘要

The invention is concerned with a method and with loading equipment for loading an exchange platform onto a vehicle as well as with an exchange platform. When the exchange platform is being loaded, a grasping member (9) placed at the end of the platform is grasped by means of grasping means (15) fitted at the upper end of an L-shaped angle piece (16) mounted on the vehicle as pivotable around a transverse horizontal shaft or articulated joints. During loading, the upper part (17) of the vertical portion of the L-shaped angle piece (16), the grasping means (15) being attached to the free end of the said upper part, pivots around a transverse horizontal shaft (18) rearwards and downwards. For the time of transportation, the upper part of the vertical portion of the angle piece becomes positioned in a vertical position placed downwards from the upper end of the lower part of the vertical portion of the angle piece (16). The grasping member of the exchange platform is attached substantially at or below the level of the upper face of the bottom (30) of the exchange platform.