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4 years 5 months ago #215244
by Oil Slick
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
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4 years 5 months ago #215245
by Rome K/G
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.
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4 years 5 months ago #215257
by neil
I used to do sales for a trash company and the version they had of this size had the final compacted compartment separate from the compactor and hydraulics part. They moved to this style where only the hydraulics were fixed and the compactor plus storage were taken away by the truck
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Pittsford, NY
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4 years 5 months ago #215261
by dpendzic
Many of our supermarkets have those compactors also--have put out quite a few fires in them
D2, D3, D4, D6, 941B, Cat 15
Hancock Ma and Moriches NY
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4 years 5 months ago #215282
by vegascat
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.
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4 years 5 months ago #215316
by dpendzic
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
D2, D3, D4, D6, 941B, Cat 15
Hancock Ma and Moriches NY
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4 years 5 months ago #215331
by neil
I'm working on a project for FDNY currently and there is an alarm category all by itself called "Dumpster Fire" : )
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Pittsford, NY
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4 years 5 months ago #215334
by dpendzic
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
D2, D3, D4, D6, 941B, Cat 15
Hancock Ma and Moriches NY
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4 years 5 months ago #215345
by neil
Yes all kinds of codes - I just called that one out because it was amusing : ) There could be another called "Train Wreck" but not sure about that ; )
Which dept are you with Dan?
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Neil
Pittsford, NY
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