Patent ID: 8070415

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: lifting with a container lift assembly mounted on a wheeled vehicle a first container from one of a first loaded position atop a container support platform of the wheeled vehicle and a first unloaded position behind the vehicle such the first container is hanging in air from the container lift assembly; moving the first container with the container lift assembly from the one of the first loaded position and the first unloaded position to the other of the first loaded position and the first unloaded position while the first container is hanging in air from the container lift assembly and maintained in a substantially horizontal position; lifting with the container lift assembly a second container from one of a second loaded position atop the platform forward of the first loaded position and a second unloaded position behind the vehicle such the second container is hanging in air from the container lift assembly; moving the second container with the container lift assembly from the one of the second loaded position and the second unloaded position to the other of the second loaded position and the second unloaded position while the first container is hanging in air from the container lift assembly and maintained in a substantially horizontal position; seating one of the first and second containers atop forward and tail sections of the platform wherein the tail section is movable relative to the forward section between a home position space wherein the tail section is a rearward extension of the forward section and a non-home position space wherein the tail section is at least one of forward of the home position space and lower than the home position space; and wherein seating one of the first and second containers atop the forward and tail sections includes the steps of moving the one of the first and second containers with the container lift assembly directly over the tail section while the tail section is in the non-home position space, moving the tail section to the home position space after the one of the first and second containers is directly over the tail section, lowering the one of the first and second containers atop the forward and tail sections after the tail section is moved to the home position space.