{"id":5552,"date":"2022-11-28T22:22:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T22:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=5552"},"modified":"2022-11-28T22:22:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T22:22:09","slug":"what-are-hydraulic-cylinders-or-rams-used-for-on-vehicles-such-as-trucks-cranes-and-tractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/what-are-hydraulic-cylinders-or-rams-used-for-on-vehicles-such-as-trucks-cranes-and-tractors\/","title":{"rendered":"What are hydraulic cylinders or rams used for on vehicles such as trucks, cranes and tractors?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hydraulic cylinders use pressure to provide force that moves parts of a vehicle in one plane, i.e. the cylinder can only move out or in. In the case of a lorry, this could be a tipper bin, sideloader cranes on a flat deck or a skeletal trailer<\/a>, transport ramps on a transporter<\/a> or a taillift on the back of a chiller truck<\/a> or curtainsider<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two hydraulic rams lift the tipper body. Using two rams gives more stability than one central ram due to there being less likelihood the body will flex left or right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the case of an agricultural tractor or backhoe loader it could be a loader bucket on the front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multiple hydraulic rams indicated on this backhoe loader for both the excavator at the back and the loader bucket at the front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Where complex movements are required, multiple cylinders are used, and this is evident on an excavator where there are separate cylinders for the boom, dipper arm and bucket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left to right, the cylinders control the bucket curl, the dipper and the main boom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The cylinders are used on a wide variety of construction equipment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n