REFUSE SIDE LOADER

The new ‘MultiTask SL’ drop-frame side loader from Heil Environmental provides refuse haulers with maximum flexibility, dumping stability, and payload capacity, the maker says. It can be equipped to handle any residential route: automated, semi-automated, manual, or all three. It features dual hopper doors on both sides, low loading sills, and for semi-automated collection it can be outfitted with a Bayne cart lifter or two. Automated collection is facilitated by the optional Python automated arm. The MultiTask SL enables haulers to use a single refuse collection vehicle for any of their residential routes, Heil says. Its proprietary ‘Radial Crusher’ panel rotates 250 degrees from the back of the hopper wall, compressing refuse and sweeping it through the compaction chamber fully into the body. Because it transfers all of the refuse into the body, it’s all removed when the load is discharged. A shallower dump angle offers greater stability, especially on the uneven terrain found in landfills. The MultiTask SL offers what’s claimed to be the largest packer volume in the industry, 1.7 cubic yards, and its cycle time is only 12 to 14 seconds.