May Heavy Equipment is joining the Bell Trucks America (BTA) team with four locations in North and South Carolina.

May Heavy Equipment is joining the Bell Trucks America (BTA) team with four locations in North and South Carolina.

As a global leader in articulated dump trucks, Bell Trucks brings the articulated dump trucks to markets in the United States and Mexico.

The Bell D-series ADTs handle heaped payloads with faster cycle times and best-in-class fuel efficiency, allowing contractors to move more material at lower cost. They're also highly reliable, with high-strength, welded-alloy steel chassis and components that are durable and optimized to reduce unnecessary weight. The trucks feature oscillating frame joint, articulated steering and high-floatation tires, which is ideal for poor weather conditions or steep grades, according to the company.

Features include:

• Efficient viscous direct-drive engine fans in all Bell trucks provide engine and charge-air cooling

• Fully enclosed, dual circuit wet disc brakes, which offer superior braking performance and extended service life essential for wet and muddy conditions. Oil-immersed wet-disc brakes are virtually maintenance-free.

• Engine braking coupled with automated transmission retardation provides enhanced braking power, which reduces service brake wear.

• Hydraulic, transmission and transfer case oil coolers employ a hydraulically driven fan that runs only as needed or when engine loading is low, helping conserve power and fuel.

• Intelligent traction control provides increased traction in poor underfoot conditions.

• The best-in-class payload-to-weight ratio means that more of the fuel cost is spent moving the material, not the machine — decreasing cost per ton.

• Automatic retardation slows the truck when the operator backs off the accelerator pedal — for more confidence on steep grades and enhanced brake life.

• A fully automatic six-speed planetary transmission with torque converter lock up maximizes fuel efficiency.

• Electronic unit injection fuel system provides high injection pressures even at low engine speed for improved cold starting ability, low-speed response, and reduced emissions.

• Fully automated controlled traction differentials and transfer case diff-lock provide a traction boost in poor underfoot conditions.

E-Series Bell Articulated Dump

Trucks Haul More, and for Longer

Building on from the D-series platform, Bell Truck's approach to design delivers optimized power-to-weight ratio and legendary fuel efficiency, according to the company.

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