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Rear loader garbage truck diagram7/24/2023 ![]() The first compactor could double a truck's capacity. In 1938, the Garwood Load Packer revolutionized the industry when including a compactor in the truck was implemented. His containers were known as Dumpsters, which led to the word dumpster entering the language. In 1937, George Dempster invented the Dempster-Dumpster system in which wheeled waste containers were mechanically tipped into the truck. ![]() It used a cable system that could pull waste into the truck. A more efficient model was the development of the hopper in 1929. The first technique developed in the late 1920s to solve this problem was to build round compartments with corkscrews that would lift the load and bring it away from the rear. The main difficulty was that the waste collectors needed to lift the waste to shoulder height. These covered trucks were first introduced in more densely populated Europe and then in North America, but were soon used worldwide. The 1920s saw the first open-topped trucks being used, but due to foul odors and waste falling from the back, covered vehicles soon became more common. Among the first self-propelled garbage trucks were those ordered by Chiswick District Council from the Thornycroft Steam Wagon and Carriage Company in 1897 described as a steam motor tip-car, a new design of body specific for "the collection of dust and house refuse". ![]() Wagons and other means had been used for centuries to haul away solid waste. Thornycroft Steam Dust-Cart of 1897 with tipper body
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