The PHIL HiVol Body is designed to give your operation what it needs. Sometimes, that is increased life against highly abrasive environments, sometimes our clients need to significantly increase their volumetric capacity over the standard OEM body to give them more production per hour.
There are countless reasons why a custom body is important to users of off-highway haul trucks. No one has an operation exactly like yours. And, we accomplish our customer-specific designs without exceeding your truck's maximum Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW).
PHIL truck bodies are specifically engineered to minimize body weight and maximize payload. During design, PHIL engineers work with our clients to determine the proper body weight-to-payload ratio as requested by the client.
Decades ago, we realized that the SAE volumetric capacity calculations were incorrect and often overestimated what can be hauled in truck bodies by 15%–20%. We provide SAE volumetric measurements, along with the actual volume utilizing our patented Load Profiling® process.
Each truck body is built with the lowest loading height, lowest center of gravity, and best weight distribution possible, which provides excellent stability and safer operation. PHIL HiVol bodies tend to be wider than alternatives, providing a larger target for the loader operator.
"Stock design" at PHIL is an oxymoron; each design is custom-engineered for each client based on their needs. We engineer and build truck bodies for virtually any material hauled and for any make/model of off-highway trucks.
Each PHIL HiVol Specialty Body incorporates the following technologies:
PHIL Body Lifting System & traditional lifting system
Reinforced floor structure that supersedes any other floor standard available
Reinforced Body Pivot, providing extended pivot life
Rounded body side top cap structures
Optional – Perimeter exhaust heating that will not affect the structural integrity of the body
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