A waste collection vehicle (WCV), or colloquially known as a 'Garbage Truck', 'Dustcart' or 'Dustbin lorry' is a truck specially designed to pick up smaller quantities of waste and haul it to landfills as well as other recycling or treatment facilities. These are a typical sight generally in most urban areas. Waste collection vehicles in many cases are incorrectly called dump trucks.
Kinds of waste collection vehicle
An average front loader Garbage Truck in The united states
You will discover five main models of waste collection vehicles:
* Front loaders
* Rear loaders
* Side loaders
* Pneumatic collection
* Grapple trucks
Rear loader garbage truck
Rear loaders have an opening on the rear that a waste collector can throw waste bags or empty the contents of bins into. Often in many areas they have got a lifting mechanism to automatically empty large carts without the operator required to lift the waste by hand.
Another popular system for the rear loader is a rear load container specially built to fit a groove in the truck. The truck will have a chain or cable system for upending the container. The waste will then slide into the hopper of the truck.
Compactor
The modern-day rear loader generally compacts the waste with a sweep-and-slide system that digs in the waste and compresses it against a moving wall. The wall will move towards the front of the vehicle as the pressure forces the hydraulic valves to open, or as the operator moves it with a manual control.
The compactors are so strong a human would get smashed to death.
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