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Hello, Over the long holiday I decided to revisit my garbage truck and use the newish large wheels on it. I thought it might be fun to look at how my garbage truck has evolved over the years. Version one, from (appx) 2000 or 2001 (URL) two, from (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) Hey, Jonathan: I like all three iterations, but especially the first one because it has actual passenger doors. 8--)= Sadly, I think the traditional garbage truck, and, moreover, the "garbage man" (woman, though you don't see that many) may (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Here's a pic of what you probably saw: (URL) More info on the Automated Side Loaders: (URL) These fully automatic ones are the only game in town here in Southeastern Arizona. There are too many households to go to for people to have to (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Not if I can help it. In our community, we have a choice of refuse collectors, and instead of choosing Waste Management, we use a local, family business. The owner's son picks up our garbage in a modified pick-up truck:-) I would even be (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Mike. I guess it would depend on where you live with regards to the robotic arms on the trucks. I don't know how quickly they are able to go thru their motions, but I can't see them being faster than a human here in NYC. I am thinking (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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(...) An approach I agree with. Excellent! Jonathan (18 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) We've had them in Brisbane for at least ten years. I seem to remember that some have two arms: one for recycling and one for the other bin. Tim (18 years ago, 4-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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