Public works . It is difficult to use ahinged tail gate on a garbage body, asthe gate must be watertight. Thereforethe rear end of the body floor is inclinedor tapered for the full depth of the body,thus eliminating complicated tail gatemechanism. The inclination at the end of the body is approximately 20 degrees, an anglewhich will allow a sufficient slope whenthe body is fully elevated so that the Another widely used form of coveringconsists of canvas tarpaulin rolled on astick or rod. As the body is filled, thetarpaulin is rolled back to cover the loadand tied down tightly to hooks or rings
Public works . It is difficult to use ahinged tail gate on a garbage body, asthe gate must be watertight. Thereforethe rear end of the body floor is inclinedor tapered for the full depth of the body,thus eliminating complicated tail gatemechanism. The inclination at the end of the body is approximately 20 degrees, an anglewhich will allow a sufficient slope whenthe body is fully elevated so that the Another widely used form of coveringconsists of canvas tarpaulin rolled on astick or rod. As the body is filled, thetarpaulin is rolled back to cover the loadand tied down tightly to hooks or ringson the body sides. The tarpaulin coveris easily operated and will adapt itself toinequalities of the body load. The tar-paulin is easily handled, is not subject tomechanical defects and will be free fromthe noise or rattle of the hinged steelcovers on an empty body. This garbage body is widely used byMunicipalities and is manufactured insmaller sizes for the Ford one ton truckand for the Reo speed wagon. These. GARBAGE BODY WITH HORIZOXTA L HdlST body contents will slide out freely. Gar-bage bodies must be equipped with someform of covering to hide the unsightlyload and prevent spilling of some of thecontents. In some cases, hinged steelcovers, made in sections so as to be abso-lutely tight and easily operated and touncover only a portion of the body at atime, are used. The rear end hingedcovers are arranged to open and allowthe load to discharge when the body iselevated. smaller garbage dump trucks are verypopular with Municipalities, their shortwheel base adapting them particularlyfor service in narrow and winding alley-ways. The same company produces theWood-Detroit Vertical Hydraulic Hoistand the Horizontal Hydraulic Hoist andhas developed a new Under Body type,now in production, for the smaller vehi-cles such as the Ford, Reo and light oneten trucks. PUBLIC WORKS. CITY COUNTY STATE A Combination of MUNICIPAL JOURNAL and CONTRACTING Vol. 52 NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 4, 1922 No. 5
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