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Waste management may lack glamour but for the truck and equipment makers it's big business. This year's IWM show is longer and larger.
by John Kendall.
• Renault VI will launch one of its Manager rigid chassis developed specifically for the waste management market at the The Institute of Waste Management Show between 13 and 16 June at Paignton in Devon. The show will run for an extra day this year and will be even bigger than before.
The Manager 220-25D is a rear air-suspended, 6x2 twinsteer rigid rated at 25.5 tonnes GVW, powered by a de-rated version of Renault's 9.8-litre engine. 4x2 versions of the chassis will also be available.
The show truck will be fitted with a six-speed synchromesh box with Renault's Automatic Clutch System (ACS). In place of the normal pedal, the clutch is activated by a gearlever-mounted micro-switch. Manual and fully automatic gearboxes are also available. The Manager will have a Norba 20.8m3 rearend loader compactor body fitted with a Norba L450 multipurpose bin lift.
MAN will be displaying four new models dedicated to the municipal market. The L2000 range will make its IWM debut, with the 10.153FKS road sweeper chassis now available as an on-line factory option. The roadsweeper chassis is also new for the M90 middleweight range. A 14-tonner 14.192FKS will be on display fitted with a Scarab Major 7000 road sweeper body.
This is joined by two 17-tonners, the 17.192FAK and 17.192FK0. The FAK is a 4x4 chassis, suitable for tipper, gritter and snowplough applications. The 17-tonne FKO chassis is tailored for domestic wheeled bin refuse collection bodies. Both are powered by MAN's 6.87-litre in-line sixcylinder engine.
Leyland Daf will be showing five chassis on its stand at Torquay. On display for the first time will be an FAT75.270 6x4 refuse collection chassis. The 26-tonner is fitted with a Longton crew cab conversion, Allison MT654 automatic gearbox and Norba refuse body. Other refuse collection bodies include products from Laird and Heil fitted to 45 Series and 60 Series chassis. A 50 Series 13.5-tonne road sweeper chassis with Johnson 700 body will also be at Paignton.
ERF's EC multi-wheeler rigid range is another IWM newcomer. An EC10.30 8x4 with Cummins L300 10-litre engine will be fitted with Lacre PDE Hook Lift Body. The 6x4 EC on show will be an EC6.21 with Cummins B series engine. This chassis will carry a Norba refuse collection body with multi-purpose rear bin lift. Both will be equipped with Hendrickson Norde rubber rear suspension.
Municipal Mercedes Benz will have six chassis on display, including a municipal specification Unimog. It will share the stand with a
4x4 1820AK 17-tonne chassis equipped with Econ gritter bodywork. The latest Mercedes multiwheelers, the 2527 6x4 and 3234 8x4 will be shown with Jack Allen compactor bodies.
Volvo's stand will include Its Volvo FL10 Powertronic 8x4 chassis, with torque-convertor automatic gearbox. In UK Waste livery, the body is a Heil built Jack Allen front loader.
lveco Ford will have five vehicles at Paignton ranging from a Cargo 75E15 with threeway tipper body to a SuperCargo 6x4 260E27 with a Whitacre sleeper/crew cab conversion„ The vehicle will be used in the London Borough of Merton equipped with a Norba refuse collection body.
Foden exhibits include a 4000 Series 8x4 chassis for Leigh Environmental. Fitted with Air Trac air suspension and a Kenilworth tank, the vehicle is designed to remove petroleum waste products from filling station forecourts. At the lighter end, Foden will show two 2000 Series 17-tonne rigids. One is equipped with a Romaquip plastic and stainless steel demountable snowplough/grifter body.
Dennis Eagle will be showing its improved Phoenix refuse collection body. Changes include inverted hopper compaction rams. This makes better hydraulic use of the cylinder bore diameters and deals with dirt ingress. Proximity sensors in the loading hopper replace limit switches.
An 11m3 version of the company's compact XM body, designed initially for the French market, will be on show. Wing extensions on the hopper incorporate transparent, damage resistant, polycarbonate access doors.
Dennis Eagle will have an automated roadside refuse bin collection system for the first time at IWM. The system is mounted on a left-hand-drive Elite chassis.
The Single Person Operated Refuse Truck (SPORT) design has undergone trials with locals authorities. Bins placed over 2m from the kerb can be picked up and emptied, using an extending pick-up arm.
Whale tankers will show its Hotwash at IWM for the first time. Mounted on a Schmidt sweeper chassis, the Hotwash is designed to combat bird droppings, food grease, chewing gum, graffiti and fly posters.
High pressure jets clean and disinfect at temperatures up to 80°C.
The Hotwash is equipped with twin parallel full-width spray bars, which are adjustable on the move for height and angle. In addition, there are side mounted adjustable nozzles and a front mounted hand-held lance.
Hotwash was originally designed for Birmingham City Council and is available for demonstration.
Among the other tanker manufacturers, Vallely Engineering will be displaying its latest range of vacuum tankers. This includes its lightweight monocoque artic tanker offering a claimed payload up to 24.5 tonnes.
Among the rigid tankers on display is a stainless-steel model mounted on a Foden 8x4 chassis in Leigh Bondfleet livery. Equipment includes a 2,400m3/h liquid ring vacuum pump, jetting facility and Kaiser water recycling system. It incorporates a hydraulic suction boom, pneumatic divider
door and twin hose reels.
Gritter and snowplough manufacturer Econ Engineering's stand will include its new highspeed slush plough. The angle of the blade ensures that slush is deposited on the side of the road without spilling on to the vehicle's windscreen. Slush can be removed at speeds up to 48km/h (30mph). Demountable gritters are becoming more popular with the introduction of compulsory competitive tendering to winter maintenance programmes.
Econ will display its range of these devices at IWM. It will also display a new remote con• trol gritter system which links the discharge rate to the conveyor and spinner speeds. This will give the operator more control over the discharge rate if the spinner speed increases. Econ's Road Salt Record man
agement system will record all the information.
Bodybuilder Laird will have a range of products on display on both its own stand and others. These will include the 32m3 Aspinall-built Garwood frontend loading refuse body on a Volvo 8x4 chassis.
Spreader
Its new Snowdon salt-spreader can be seen on the Foden stand, mounted on a Foden 6x4 chassis. The Snowdon is based on the salt-spreaders used to supply the DTp for motorway use. Aimed at local, county and regional councils, the Snowdon is a smaller and simpler model than the motorway grittet-s.
Laird will have various versions of its Variopress and Rotopress refuse compactor bodies on chassis from Dennis Elite, Leyland Daf, Renault and Seddon Atkinson.
Retarder manufacturer Telmar will show its FOCAL and CC range of electromagnetic gearbox mounted retarders for the first time at IWM. Telma claims the retarder will absorb up to 85% of normal braking requirements, making great savings in brake maintenance. Telma expects to have at least two vehicles at the show fitted with retarder equipment.
Scania will have its new Frontline municipal crew cab at IWM. The cab will be fitted to its recently launched P93ML 6x2/4R chassis with second steer and lift axle. The vehicle will go into service with the City of Stoke on Trent. It will share the Scania stand with three other chassis, including a P113 8x4 which is currently in use as a Reynolds Boughton demonstrator.