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Side-loading vehicles have lifters that can be classified into two styles: - Remote reach, controlled by driver with a joystick from the cab, or This topic addresses only the operator-serviced side-loader lifter.  The operator personnel need a reasonably large, flat space in which to maneuver the bins. Realise that when an operator brings the second bin to the vehicle, he must do the following in sequence: - park the second bin out of the way of the working lifter All this handling cannot be done over the edge of a pavement, or in the gutter. Therefore the side-loader must be parked about 2 meters away from the pavement - about the width of a car parking bay. If the operators have to work on the traffic side of the collection vehicle, then the following questions arise: - What is the safe distance? With rear-loading vehicles, they can park very close to the pavement, and the operating personnel's working area is demarcated by hazard lights at the outer extremities of that working area. The operators/runners are relatively safe in the "slipstream" area behind the big truck - plus, that area is free of pavements and gutters. |
