types of garbage trucks
Four Types of Trash Trucks. Side Loader Refuse Trucks. These types of trucks can be loaded either manually or automatically from the side. An Automated Side Loader or ASL is a garbage truck that has a mechanical arm with an automated lift that reaches out to the side of the truck and grabs a residential garbage container.
Types of Garbage Trucks There are generally five basic truck models: 1. Front loader. The truck is equipped with two automated lifting forks on the front of the vehicle. The driver positions the forks to align with the waste bin (or dumpster in the US), then the container is lifted and emptied in the back of the truck.