ON-THE-ROUTE GARBAGE COLLECTION
The compaction blades will be at their “home”
position as shown here. The hydraulic circuit has
been made active and ready to do “house-to-
house” collection. Begin tossing bagged garbage
into the hopper or dumping garbage cans into the
hopper. Fill the hopper until it is to “sill” level.
When the hopper is about full, you will need to do
a “semi” automatic blade cycle. Each blade cycle
will clear the hopper of garbage.
The blade cycle is called “semi” automatic because
it is done in two parts. The first part will begin by
pulling both
of the blades control knobs outward
(momentarily) and then releasing them.
First the sweep blade will automatically rotate open
(blade tip moves upward). When the sweep blade
is fully opened, then the slide blade will
automatically travel downward (towards hopper).
When the slide blade is fully downward and the
sweep blade’s tip is fully rotated upward, the
blades will be in their “interrupted” position as
shown here.
At this point, both blades stop moving and nothing
more will “automatically” happen. The blades will
“wait” for your next command. Before doing the
next step, be completely certain that you and
everyone else have their arms and hands well clear
of the loading sill.
The second part of the semi-automatic blades cycle
requires the sweep blade to sweep across the
sill…this is a hazardous “pinch-point” that you must
always be careful of and aware of.
This purposeful “interruption” of the blades
cycle allows the person operating the blade
controls to visually check that the hopper sill
area is clear of all people’s fingers, hands and
arms
before
beginning the second part of the
blades cycle. The person “at the controls” has
the responsibility to make sure
himself/herself is fully clear of the “pinch-
point” and that all others are fully clear as
well.
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HOPPER
BLADES AT
INTERRUPTED
POSITION
HOPPER’S BLADES
SHOWN AT ”HOME”
POSITION
PULL OUTWARD
BOTH SLIDE AND
SWEEP KNOBS
SIMULTANEOUSLY
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