![]() “It was Labrie’s innovation that allowed that hopper to get deep enough to take roll-out carts for residential collection rather than hand toss the materials in,” says Berg. In that recess is the hopper in the side loader. And the Leach Rear Loader, which has been around for more than a century.Īccording to Skip Berg, business development manager of automated collection for Labrie Enviroquip Group, the company is known for its drop frame side loader, which takes a traditional truck chassis, cuts the frame rails, adds a bend that lowers the frame behind the cab and ramps it up back toward the rear axle. The front loader, which was originally a Western Canadian and West Coast front loader that has now evolved into a national product. Labrie offers three platforms: The Labrie platform, which is the traditional mixed city known for recycling and automated equipment. Labrie Enviroquip Group is another company that has had a presence in the refuse market for more than 100 years. These trucks were safer, more efficient and had a 25 percent payload advantage over hand-loaded trucks, Burck points out. New York City awarded Autocar and Heil a joint contract to build a fleet of hundreds of innovative self-loading escalator body trucks. ![]() More than a decade later, in the 1930s, fleets started experimenting with different kinds of waste hauling bodies. This model featured fold down sides on the dump body for ease of hand loading, as well as chain guards to prevent loose materials from getting tied up into the drive mechanism. The earliest Mack product specifically built for the refuse industry was the Mack Senior, circa 1915. According to Curtis Dorwart, Mack refuse product manager, it is likely that the Mack brothers built refuse collection vehicles even earlier than that. This led to the ever-more sophisticated waste bodies and a whole series of cabover trucks that were suited for in-town use, notes Burck.įor Mack Trucks, the earliest verified product intended for refuse use was a 1908 Manhattan Seat-Over-Engine chassis with a dump body mounted by Mack Bros. However, as trucks got bigger and taller, it became more difficult to throw waste in. ![]() ![]() So, Autocar began building specialized dump bodies that were sealed on the sides. People realized pretty quickly that a typical dump body was not very well suited for waste because a lot of waste in those days was ash and it would leak out.” “The waste hauler picked up trash and threw it in the back. “The very first garbage trucks were not really differentiated from a typical dump truck,” explains Burck. In 1899, the company advertised its first motor truck for sale, and by 1911, the company focused solely on building trucks to fill a need within the market.Īccording to Adam Burck, head of marketing for Autocar Trucks, the company’s founder was a tech entrepreneur, who started building internal combustion engines around 1890. Here’s a look back at how equipment has evolved since the inception of the garbage truck, as well as how refuse fleets have leveraged advancements in technology over the years.Īutocar was founded at the birth of the American automotive industry and is one of the oldest motor vehicle manufacturers in the western hemisphere. ![]() Waste haulers today are looking for technologies that will enhance, but not overwhelm, their operations, particularly when it comes to safety, maintenance and attracting and retaining a younger workforce. But even with the highly sophisticated trucks on the streets today, refuse fleets across the country continue to struggle with safety and a growing labor shortage. Refuse trucks have come a long way from the days of the horse-drawn garbage collection cart and the dump truck bodies of the late 1800s to the trucks of today-equipped with cameras, telematics, onboard diagnostics and automated arms to make waste collection safer and more efficient than ever before. ![]()
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