Trucks and Bodies

Low Bridge 

Bruce A. Hooker

Technology may be key to preventing overhead-object accidents....

Product Survey: Truck Engines & Tires 

Goodyear Goodyear, Akron, Ohio, introduces the Unisteel G287 HSS tire for waste haulers. Available in 315/80R22.5 size, the tire can accommodate up to...

PRODUCT SURVEY: TRUCK COMPONENTS 

Donovan Donovan, Stuart, Fla., manufactures the Quick Flip 2 automatic tarping system for roll-off vehicles. The system can cover containers up to 40...

Take It Off 

By Ed Repa

EPA establishes standards for painting and stripping operations...

Some Assembly REQUIRED 

By Sean Kilcarr

Streamlining the spec'ing process to put together more affordable trucks...

Greening Their Fleets  

By Sean Kilcarr

Haulers pursue environmental initiatives while minimizing impact on the bottom line....

Up and Running 

By Sean Kilcarr

The right specifications and maintenance strategy can help fleets maximize equipment life, while minimizing expensive downtime and expensive repairs....

Beautiful Beasts 

By Steven Averett and Chris Carlson

These trucks make dirty work look good....

Total Coverage 

Stephen Ursery

Timing can be critical in any business, and thanks to an array of online products, solid waste professionals don't have to wait a month between issues...

The High Cost of Doing Business 

By Michael Fickes

Recently, the peoria disposal co. (PDC) in Peoria, Ill., acquired a small hauler. Among the new customers that came with the acquisition were residents...

Analyze This 

By Sean Kilcarr

When you visit the doctor's office for a checkup, one of the first things the nurse does is draw blood from your arm, because blood tests are an easy...

Future Fuels? 

By Stephen Ursery

From Time to Time, You will Hear of a solid waste company converting its fleet to the use of alternative fuels. In late September, Allied Waste Industries'...

Fleet Your Vegetables 

By Chris Carlson

Allied Waste embraces biodiesel in San Mateo, Calif....

Back to Basics 

By Kristen Simpson

Mandatory training program for technicians keeps fleet rolling....

Roll Out 

Our annual truck and body report unveils the latest products for your fleet....

A Smoother Road 

By Sean Kilcarr

Though it’s still early in the development process, meeting the 2010 engine emission regulations may not be as painful as many fear....

Polishing the Apple 

Annie Gentile

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rang in the New Year with more stringent emissions requirements for new on-highway diesel powered vehicles....

FUEL for Thought 

By Sean Kilcarr

The way Chuck Woolever sees it, selecting the right alternative fuel for a refuse fleet boils down to a matter of balance. In almost every case, switching...

Clearing the Air 

By Sean Kilcarr

There's a cloud of uncertainty surrounding the trucks that refuse firms will be buying this year, all of it revolving around the new diesel-engine emission...

Fueling Headaches 

By Kim A. O'Connell

Until this fall, the rates for residential trash collection in central California's Merced County had not changed in nine years. Beginning in December,...

Fueling a Change 

By Jennifer Grzeskowiak

The town of Smithtown, N.Y.'S recent bid process for residential haulers contained an atypical caveat: only companies willing to use compressed natural...

Ace in the Hole 

Steven Averett, Associate Editor

For years, tire dealers told Ace Waste Systems President Brian Jones that their products could save him money. But as far as he was concerned, they were...

Ideal Idle Idea 

Kristen Simpson

With fuel prices spiraling upward faster than you can say every refuse hauler is scouting for ways to achieve better fuel efficiency. Abilene, Texas,...

Exhausting Regulations 

By Sean Kilcarr

It's going to be a busy summer for Billy Cecil, equipment performance director for Houston-based Waste Management (WM). That's because he's the man in...

Mix & Match Maintenance 

By Sean Kilcarr

WHEN IT COMES TO his refuse truck maintenance, Paul Ruthenberg uses a strategy, meaning that his technicians handle some of it, and some is outsourced....