| Garbage trucks are now an essential part of the | | | | countries of Europe and North America and |
| modern civilization. One can see a number of refuse | | | | subsequently in the rest part of the world. |
| trucks running on the roads and streets in the late | | | | It was felt that it is quite a difficult task for the |
| night or in the early morning. Trash trucks are the | | | | garbage collectors to lift the waste to the shoulder |
| most important vehicles to keep our surroundings | | | | height and then put it into the truck. To solve this |
| clean and healthy. Waste trucks pick up the garbage | | | | problem, hopper model in the year 1929 was |
| from different parts of the city or town and off load | | | | introduced which was based on the cable system to |
| it in the garbage dumping grounds or waste | | | | lift the garbage from the ground. In 1937, George |
| management sites established for this purpose. There | | | | Dempster came forward with a model in which |
| are a number of websites where you can collect | | | | waste containers with wheels were made to tip into |
| useful information about these refuse trucks and | | | | the waste carrying vehicles. This model was known |
| used garbage trucks. With the increasing urbanization, | | | | as dumpster. In the year 1938, with the introduction |
| generation of garbage from all the households has | | | | of the Garwood load packer, there was a |
| substantially increased. One can not imagine about | | | | revolutionary change in the field of garbage disposal |
| clean and pollution free environment without the | | | | vehicles. These load packers had the novel concept |
| existence of these useful vehicles. | | | | of compactors being attached to a garbage truck. |
| Basically, there are five types of garbage trucks- | | | | With the use of a hydraulic press, the capacity of a |
| front loaders, rear loaders, grapple truck, pneumatic | | | | waste truck was almost doubled. |
| collection and side loaders. These are used at | | | | In the year 1955, the first front loader dumpster was |
| different places according to the various types of job | | | | launched in the market but these front loading |
| requirements. Initially, wagons and animals were used | | | | vehicles were not more commonly seen till the year |
| to carry away waste but with the passage of time | | | | 1970. During the middle part of the 1970s, Peterson |
| and some technological advancement in the field of | | | | industries manufactured first ever grapple truck for |
| automotives, trucks with open tops were introduced | | | | disposal of garbage in municipal areas. In the year |
| in the year 1920. The trucks with their open type left | | | | 1997, Lee Rathbun came forward with the rear steer |
| a stinking air with their movement and the garbage | | | | system in a refuse truck. This system enabled the |
| was also seen to spill over. To overcome this | | | | driver to drive and operate the loader simultaneously |
| problem, trucks with covered tops were made and | | | | with the help of an elevated, rear facing cab. This |
| used for this purpose. To begin with, these trucks | | | | increased the speed of garbage disposal in a |
| were used first time in the densely populated | | | | considerable manner. |