I’m delivering this trash compactor from Trevon Alabama to a Chinese food market in Milpitas Ca. I had to load it towards the rear due to the 13’ 6” height regulations for eastern states.

I asked forklift operator who loaded me how it works. Trash goes in front, it compacts the trash then puts trash in big area. Ok I get the basics. But once the big area is full of trash then what? Does a winch truck come and pick the whole unit up and take it to the dump and bring it back?

Figured I would ask you all since the receivers probably don’t speak English very well. LoL
And this the only site I post on. 👍👍

Yep that's about right, a roll off truck pulls it on and dumps it, sometimes they will bring another empty and just switch it out. Hospitals use them too, I've seen thirty footers too, they have to be pulled onto a roll off trailer.

Many of our supermarkets have those compactors also--have put out quite a few fires in them

Dan, what would catch them on fire on how you put it out?

If you look at pic 2 at about the center of the side on the angel you can see a plug. The fire department removes that and hooks their hose to it and floods the bin. Not sure if that's official but seen it done once from a job we were working on next to a loading dock at a mall.

the ones at the supermarkets have quite a bit of cardboard in them--so lit by employees smoking or vandals hanging out by them--they are usually behind the rear wall of shopping centers.
Most of them we put out by opening the dump doors and applying water
we also get quite a few dumpsters on fire at apartment complexs---those we usually just drown to put the fire out as the lids just flip back

Neil--we have alarm codes for all types
Signal 12--brush fire
Sidnal 13--structure fire
Signal 3--additional help needed
Signal 23--misc alarm
Signal 16---ambulance
code 36--pandemic response
and so on for boats,aircraft,mva,etc