Municipal and Special Vehicle

A 12,000 litre sewage vacuum suction truck serves larger municipal rounds and industrial sites where the distance to the disposal point makes a bigger tank worthwhile. At this size the vehicle spends a significant part of its shift travelling loaded, so chassis specification, braking and suspension are as much a part of the requirement as the vacuum system itself.

A 12 m³ compactor truck serves full urban collection rounds, where the vehicle stays out for a shift and returns loaded rather than making repeated trips. At this size the loading method becomes the productivity question: rear loading suits mixed bin sizes and manual assistance, while side loading with an automated arm suits standardised bins and a single operator. Build is to the route and fleet arrangement stated.

A 13.5 metre aerial working truck is a street lighting, signage and building maintenance vehicle. The figure that matters is not the platform height but the working outreach at that height, because the obstruction the operator has to reach over determines whether the job is possible. Outreach, platform load and basket rotation are all specified at order against the work the vehicle will do.

A 13 m³ compactor truck covers larger urban rounds and commercial collection, where the containers are bigger and fewer than on a residential route. Commercial work usually means a different lifter and a stronger body, because commercial waste includes material that residential compaction bodies are not built to take. State the waste stream and we build to it.

A 14 metre aerial working vehicle covers street lighting, sign maintenance and low-rise building work. The specification decisions are outreach and platform load, which together determine what the operator can carry to the work rather than how high they can stand. Where the vehicle will work near live conductors, an insulated boom is a safety requirement rather than an option, and it should be stated in the enquiry.

A 15,000 litre sewage vacuum truck is specified for industrial and large municipal work, including treatment plant desludging and bulk effluent transfer where the volumes are too large for a standard municipal unit. Industrial duty usually means aggressive liquids, so the tank coating, gasket materials and pump specification should be settled against the actual effluent rather than assumed.

A 15,000 litre water sprinkler truck is a road and highway maintenance vehicle, sized so it can work a long section between refills. On a remote highway that matters more than spray performance, because the time lost is in travelling to water rather than in spraying it. Tank capacity should therefore be set against the distance to the nearest filling point rather than against the daily volume alone.

A 15 m³ compactor truck is specified for high-density urban collection, where the round generates enough volume that a smaller body would force extra trips and the streets will still take a vehicle this size. The economics turn on trips to disposal. Where the transfer station is distant, a larger body pays for itself in running hours saved rather than in collection speed.

An 18,000 litre sewage vacuum suction truck is the largest class in ordinary service, used for treatment works, industrial sites and bulk transfer where the vehicle is effectively a mobile tanker with a vacuum system. Capacity of this order carries a stability consideration: eighteen tonnes of moving liquid needs proper baffling and an axle configuration rated for it. Tank, chassis and vacuum system are specified as one package against the duty.

An 18 metre aerial working vehicle reaches mid-rise building facades, larger signage and high-mast lighting. At this height stability becomes the governing constraint, so outrigger spread and the ground beneath it matter as much as the boom. A machine that cannot deploy its outriggers fully will have its load chart reduced accordingly, which is why the available footprint at typical work sites should be stated with the enquiry.

A 20 metre aerial working vehicle is the largest class that still operates as a normal road vehicle. It is used for high-mast lighting, building maintenance and utility work at height, where the alternative is scaffolding or a hired platform. Beyond outreach and platform load, the practical question is set-up time: a vehicle that takes twenty minutes to deploy is unsuitable for work that involves many short stops.

A 20 m³ compactor truck is the largest collection body in common municipal use, specified for long routes, commercial collection and transfer haulage where the vehicle travels a distance between the round and the disposal point. At this size the chassis specification matters as much as the body: axle configuration, suspension and braking all have to suit a vehicle that spends much of its shift loaded and on the road.

We manufacture the Construction 24m Aerial Working Vehicles as part of our Construction Machinery and Equipments range, for single-unit and bulk supply. Key figures for this model include a 140 kW motor. Full technical detail is set out in the specification below. Listed under Municipal and Special Vehicle. Supplied individually or in bulk, specified to the electrical requirements of your market and shipped with the documentation customs will ask for. Tell us the throughput you require and where it is going, and we will quote delivered with a lead time in writing.

A 25,000 litre water sprinkler truck is the largest class in normal municipal use, specified for highway construction, mine haul road suppression and large-area work where refilling is the constraint on productivity. At this capacity the chassis is carrying twenty-five tonnes of moving liquid, so baffling and axle configuration are structural requirements rather than options. Tank, baffling and spray system are engineered together to the requirement given.

A 5,000 litre sewage vacuum suction truck is a small-capacity unit for residential septic tanks, restaurant grease traps and confined access work where a larger vehicle cannot reach the connection point. Vacuum pump capacity matters more than tank size on these jobs, because the time on site is spent drawing rather than carrying. Build is to the requirement stated in the enquiry.

A 5,000 litre water tank truck is a general municipal and site vehicle: dust suppression, temporary supply, construction water and standby distribution. The specification that matters most is what the tank is lined with and what the water is for. Potable supply requires a food-grade lining and a separate fill and discharge arrangement from a truck used for dust suppression on a construction site.

A 5 m³ garbage compactor truck is a residential collection vehicle for narrow streets and small routes. The compaction body is what distinguishes it from a plain tipper: waste is compressed as it is loaded, so the vehicle carries several times its uncompressed volume before it has to run to a transfer station. Bin lifter type must match the bins actually in service on the route, and that is the specification most often got wrong. We build to what the enquiry states.

A 5 m³ garbage truck without compaction is specified where waste is bulky rather than compressible, or where the route is short enough that a compaction body would not pay for itself. Rubble, garden waste and market waste all fall into that group. It is a simpler vehicle with less to maintain, which on a municipal fleet with limited workshop support is often the deciding factor.

A 6,000 litre sewage suction truck covers small municipal and commercial emptying work. The specification that determines its usefulness is hose reach: a tank that cannot get its hose to the chamber is no more useful than no tank at all. Hose length, pump capacity and reel arrangement are set against the sites the vehicle will actually serve.

A 7 m³ compactor truck suits small towns and the denser residential parts of a larger collection area, where the route generates more than a 5 m³ body can hold but the streets will not take a full-size vehicle. The specification that limits it is usually the chassis rather than the body: permitted axle load and turning circle decide what can work the route. Build is to the requirement supplied.

An 8,000 litre sewage vacuum truck is a general municipal size, balancing enough capacity for a working round against a chassis that can still reach residential and commercial properties. Where the vehicle will also handle industrial effluent, the tank coating and pump sealing need specifying separately, because those liquids attack materials that domestic sewage does not.

An 8,000 litre water tank spraying truck carries a spray bar as well as a tank, which makes it a road maintenance and dust suppression vehicle rather than a simple carrier. Spray bar width, nozzle spacing and pump pressure determine the coverage rate, and those follow from the road width and the application rate the work requires. Bar, pump and tank are matched to one another and built to the coverage required.

An 8 m³ compactor truck is a general municipal collection size, large enough for mixed residential routes while remaining manoeuvrable in urban streets. Body volume alone does not determine payload. The compaction ratio and the density of the waste together decide how much the vehicle actually carries before it reaches its permitted weight, and on wet waste that limit arrives well before the body is full.

18m3 garbage compactor trucks — a municipal refuse collection vehicle with an 18 cubic metre compacting body, compressing collected waste so each trip carries more and fewer trips are needed.

Body volume and compaction ratio together determine how many collection rounds a vehicle completes before it has to run to the tip, and that is the figure that governs the size of fleet a municipality needs. The loading arrangement, whether rear, side or container lift, should match the bins actually in use in your area, which is a detail that is easy to get wrong on a tender. Contact EMC Machines Manufactures with your bin type and round size.