I would think you absolutely need every bit of a 31 yard truck. I know usually by noon or 1pm the city or Rocky River is all done with there trash pick up. Hell the city of Cleveland Heights, Ohio is littered with no-truck zones yet I've driven a truck all over that city down roads most people would balk at never had an issue.Īre you working for a Home Owners Association where you have 400 houses that you have to do in one day? If that's the case what's the average house hold generate a week 120lbs or say about that? you have 400 houses in a development that's 48,000lbs of trash you need to pick up and get off the curb as quickly as possible. You're allowed to take a truck anywhere you want if you're working there. It's only if you are out of place and don't look right. I work for a food company, we drive tractor trailers in residential area's all the time because of where some of are customers go, if the city police knows that you are there to collect garbage or you service the school district in that city there not going to bother you. I don't think it's an issue here in Cleveland, area I've never seen any single axle 13 yard or smaller garbage truck doing residential pick up ever, anything I've ever seen was always 2axles with a drop axle or bigger. So I guess the garbagemen who work for the city of Rocky River are fairly well liked. Plus the representative from Republic Services was booed off the stage and not even allowed to talk. Being that politicians are spineless cowards they dropped the issue like a hot potato as it was political suicide and it was never brought up again. Current city management doesn't like that system anymore, but because the city is well off and property taxes are extremely high and the little cushman cart system is very popular with the residents so much so that when the politicians tried to disband the system and sub garbage pick up out to a private company the citizens basically showed up to city hall and told the mayor and city council if you disband the current garbage collection system we will disband all of you and make sure you're all voted out of office. They've used that system for years and years. Now Rocky River uses the cushman satellite trucks where the little cushman carts grab the garbage out of the peoples driveway and then they dump it into the back of the bigger garbage truck. That's a city of Rocky River again richer more affluent suburb of Cleveland, Ohio area that's a Leach 2RII it looks like a 31 yard to me. The city of Pepper Pike has 6100 residents.Ĭity or Rocky River, Ohio population 20-22,000 people they ran mostly Leach Packer Bodies for a long time again 31 yard capacity, they had a couple first generation Volvo trucks with 31 yard Leach bodies, with (1) drop axle. ![]() Click to expand.I'm not a trash hauler, but I pay attention to these things.Ĭleveland, Ohio area where I live many of the municipalities run larger trucks, City of Pepper Pike, Ohio which is a small very rich affluent suburb runs (3) 31 yard trucks.
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