WHEN WEIGHT MATTERS: ALUMINUM WHEELS FOR LIGHTER REFUSE TRUCKS

Although waste tonnage in the U.S. is increasing, legal vehicle weight limits are not. This situation places municipalities and contractors in the challenging position of finding ways to increase hauling capability legally and cost-effectively. To cope, many operations specify aluminum components or trailers as a means to reduce vehicle empty weight. They can replace that weight with additional payload, and still remain within gross vehicle weight limits.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Public Works Journal Corporation

  200 South Broad Street
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Publication Date: 1999-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 57-58
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 130
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum; Gross vehicle weight; Refuse; Solid wastes; Trucks by weight; Vehicle weight; Wheel rims
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Vehicles and Equipment; I90: Vehicles;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768116
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 9 1999 12:00AM