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3.4.3
HOPPER DESCRIPTION
The Expert 2000 side loader refuse truck has a
standard hopper with a swept volume of 1.44
cubic yards. That swept volume is achieved by
an 18 inch high packing blade sliding on a 52
inch stroke.
You have access to the hopper area for loading
through a 60" wide side opening. That allows
you to drop in the hopper up to a 290 gallon
roller cart. The loading height of the hopper
measured at the top of the sill is 5 1/2" above
the original truck frame.
Fill up the hopper area as high as the packing
ram, then press the green button to get a
complete cycle. You can continue loading on
top of the packing ram as it is cycling, though,
you have to be careful for explosive projectile
objects and watch for over-spill.
When using roller carts you should start a
cycle of the packing ram every time you have
finished emptying one cart in the hopper.
If the hopper is of the commingle type you will
have to cycle the packing ram more often, the
swept volume being approximately divided in
two.
One side is for the garbage and the other side
is for the recyclable, as it would have been
specified by your company.
EXPERT 2000
FLOATING PANEL
CRUSHER PANEL
FIGURE #3.14
3.4.4
PACKING RAM DESCRIPTION
The packing ram is made of high strength steel
and sweeps the hopper to push the refuse into
the body. If any piece of garbage protrudes
above the ram it will be crushed or bent against
the crusher bar, situated just above the opening
of the body. Whatever is not pushed in the
body on a given stroke of the ram will fall back
in the hopper as the ram will retract in the store
position. As another cycle is activated by the
operator, what was left in the hopper in the
precedent stroke of the ram, will be pushed
into the body.
FOLLOWER PANEL
PACKING RAM
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