Conwy Council gets versatile recycling vehicle 14 May 2010

A new recycling truck for Conwy Borough Council has been cleverly engineered by Truck Specialists to handle highly variable quantities of waste paper, glass and plastics on mixed collections.

The RCV (refuse collection vehicle) is based on a DAF CF75-360 6.4m wheelbase 6x2 chassis, with rear steer for added manoeuvrability.

Truck Specialists, which is the sole UK distributor for ATIB of Brescia, Italy, fitted it with an HMF1220K2 crane with a remote control and bottle bank attachment, as well as an ATIB AT18 hook loader, mounted on load cells so that local authority can monitor the weight of its waste streams for recycling.

To handle the three different waste streams, the body of the truck has been divided into three compartments, separated by movable partitions to give it maximum flexibility. It has also been designed to work with the modular banks on Conwy's larger recycling sites, which discharge waste through the bottom of the bank.

The container was built by Truck Specialists' sister company, Skip Units, and has also been fitted with a sheeting system, designed to protect the contents of the waste compartments against the weather.

Author
Brian Tinham

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