Hybrid Garbage Trucks

"PS9" (PS9) 11/06/2015 at 04:46 • Filed to: None

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Why do they sound like they’re powered by nightmares and lost souls? I’m all for saving mother earth and all that, but I think using the hellmouth as a source of renewable energy is a bridge too far...

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > PS9 11/06/2015 at 05:39

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Fuck generators.

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I just let one run out of fuel, because it’s fuel gauge it’s broken. Probably turned this 12 hour shift into a 13.

whoarder is tellurium > PS9 11/06/2015 at 07:12

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Oh boy, that sure is better for the environment now.

Why not make the garbage truck run off the garbage it picks up?

DoYouEvenShift > PS9 11/06/2015 at 08:23

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We have those in my town too. I think they sound cool.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > PS9 11/06/2015 at 08:43

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Some are hydraulic, some are pneumatic. When the driver pressed the brake pedal, the system captures energy from the moving driveshaft to high-pressure reservoir. Then when the driver steps on the gas, the system send that energy back into the driveshaft. With all the start-stop duties of a garbage truck, they have a few percent on fuel, but they brakes last 3-5 times longer. Apparently fixing brakes on a refuse truck is a monthly thing so that’s where the saving is.

I’ve never heard the banshee powered garbage truck, but I would wager the one you hear it pneumatic. Video next week?

Brickman > PS9 11/06/2015 at 10:01

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All heil garbage truck.

PS9 > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 11/06/2015 at 20:33

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This one captures what I mean a bit. That ‘eeeEEEeeeEEEEEHHHHH’. It gets up to Stephen King levels of volume when the truck has a chance to hit highway speeds. If the doom space marine were real, he’d totally be shooting these things.