ULTRA RARE - E-Z Pack Residential Loader - 11-22-96
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- Опубликовано: 8 мар 2013
- Thank you all for pushing this channel over 2,000 subscribers on March 5, 2013, and as a treat, this will be my latest video.
I am posting this video for educational and historical purposes, since this is the ONLY known "in action" video of this truck. You are looking at E-Z Pack's "Residential Loader" or "Automated Front Loader" filmed in 1996. Both of those names were used to describe this body on the videos I've seen. This truck was around briefly in the mid-90s, but was quickly discontinued. There are NO known "living" examples of this model still operating in the US.
If anyone has seen one of these trucks in operation, please leave a comment with: Hauler name, Location, and Date.
I know several of these trucks were owned by LeMay Enterprises and then by Waste Management. One of these trucks was recently spotted in a junk yard in the north eastern US, other than that, these trucks are incredibly rare. There are a few similar versions of this truck operating outside of the US and those are built by Faun.
Other than that, I do not have anymore information on this vehicle. Until recently, I never thought I'd see a video of this truck in action. When I stumbled across this video, I knew it had to be shared. I hope all of you enjoy this look at an incredibly interesting piece of automated collection history.
As always, thanks for watching.
I can't believe I found this video. This was filmed in Columbus, Ohio. I can tell because of the toters and other carts used and the markings on them, as well as the streets, houses, scenery, plants, alleys, 300s, red rumpke recycle bins they used in the 90s, and of course the distinctive yellow trucks operating in the background at one point. That makes this the oldest video documentation of the Columbus department of public service. It's cool to see all Heil 300s since there's only a few still in use today. Thank you for sharing this groundbreaking footage
AMAZING! Can't believe it was discontinued. Could've seen so much success.
The arm is directly aligned with the driver it probably was discontinued with potential hazards
Definitely a most curious design. Thanks beyond words for uploading. I'm surprised more companies besides WM and LeMay never bought these....they're not the worst trucks, decent reach, good cycle team, high hopper capacity, and it really handled those 300s good. Reminds me of an ASL, FL (for obvious reasons), and MSL hybrid with that packer. Now we just gotta find the original POD design tapes lol. Still can't really believe I found these tapes
WM had some of these AFLs? I never knew that. Where?
@@Trashman242 They ran some out of the Antioch Illinois yard on Heil pod bodies
Such an exquisite truck! The most unique design I've seen, looks like half a front loader fork set. Sure is intriguing the way it operates, swinging wide to grab the carts and quickly accelerating to the hopper. An 8 second dump cycle can be compared to that of an LA Amrep! Reminds me slightly of a CoolHand because of the far reach of the arm. Nice work capturing this one of a kind, awesome truck in action!
This is a really cool truck. My current recycle driver described to me that he used to drive one of these. He said that they were called "wimi" trucks. I had searched all over the internet to find them but I wasn't successful. The yard they were from is Waste Management, Antioch IL, about 1 hr north of Chicago. They operated in the northern suburbs of Chicago and I believe it was in the late 90's. I have never seen one.
This is my favorite garbage truck of all time. i don´t know why it got discontinued because the faun easypress is popular in Germany, but is rare because it is so expensive.
the Sanitation that services my county and a couple of other countys uses the faun easypress. I am going to work there in the summer and i hope they let me drive it. If so, i´ll see if i can film it. Greetings from Germany.
Sanitation name: Lobbe
THIS TYPE OF TRUCK WAS USED IN MY NIEGHBORHOOD BACK IN 2004!
It’s very similar to the Faun Easypress a European trash truck very cool catch
Very nice truck! I could see that being used in a couple of different ways. The body it self was much better than I've seen lately. Take the body and mate it to a Labrie arm (any) and it would work great. The arm on this truck is a bit overbearing. I could see people hitting overhead wires pretty easily. Same as a curotto can front loader.
Awesome video I work for a family owned trash company in Mn we actually got to demo one of these. Worked well but in areas with low tree branches and alleys truck wasn't feasible. Our company ended up going with STS trucks until they went out of business. We have over 100 trucks in our fleet now and still have 7 late model STS trucks that are used daily. Thanks again for posting this video really brings back some memories of the good ole days
Eric Borg are you from Randy's Sanitation?
Which company Randy’s?
@@minnesotarefusetrucks1505 no republic
@@savagedude9689 republic doesn’t have sts’s besides the 3 that they got from randys
@@minnesotarefusetrucks1505 ik but I’m saying republic bought Randy’s
Wish I was alive in the 90s makes me sad that I don’t get to see what the decade brings in trash collection
By far the best truck in the world!
Awesome! Thank you for sharing! reminds me a lot of the Godzilla ASL system, here in Scottsdale. Handled those 300s pretty well too. Watch that arm zoom into the hopper and right back out was cool!! Quality was very good too!
By far THE BEST video you have ever posted!
I actually was driving this truck while I was dreaming.
Wow I also never thought I'd get to see one of these in action, very interesting and special equipment E-Z Pack put together. Cool watching the arm and how it functions. I see it works well in cul-de-sacs being able to collect the bin at all different angles, even from the front! Wonder what happens when the body fills, like if the material falls back into the hopper. No problems with the hopper size lol Unique seeing the cab cover operated manually. Very entertaining, thanks for posting :D
An awesome truck for sure, reminds me of some of the early Arizona automated truck prototypes back in the day...
Epic video, had a massive hopper capacity and handeled 300s pretty well
Thanks Mike! I really appreciate that catch on the date. That was very wrong.
Wow this thing is way better than I had expected! Even better visibility than a Curotto, handles cul de sacs just as well, and pretty fast too. The reach is the only real problem, the arm moves in an arc so it needs a bit more space. Wouldn't work with a lot of objects in the way like closely spaced carts. But otherwise looks like a real winner! Wasn't expecting the hopper cover to work that way either, but very cool. Huge thanks for posting this, going straight to the favorites.
That's a pretty neat video! Weird that they had a ASL combined with a front loader! It looks weird compared to what we see now-a-days. Great find!
why was this truck discontinued, it looked very advanced for its time 96'
Probably couldn't keep up with the Heil 7000's of its time. If I recall, those trucks sold like crazy in the 90's
i dont really see why this was discontinued too bad theres none in operation or even existance really id love to see one quite bad
this is frickin gold 100%
Are there any pictures of the WM one? I had no idea they owned one.
Love it! Love it love it love it!!! Its like a front-side loader. Just awesome. If I had the power to bring these back, I definitely would.
They still exist in Germany. in the village where i live they use them for the regular garbage and for yard waste. The name of the Sanitation is Lobbe and it is called the Faun Easypress. Greetings from Germany
Korosch Studios do you know if there are other places in Germany where these faun ones are used? And are there other countries in Europe where these are used?
they are pretty rare because they break down alot and they have high maitenance costs. i drive one of those myself and lobbe is the only sanitation i know that have those. anothe sanitation that still has them is the sanitation of steinfurt county up north in NRW. France also has them but i havent seen any videos of the french ones. In Dennmark they also have the Easypress trucks to. Greetings from Germany :)
If you have anymore Questions, then just reply ;)
Korosch Studios well thx for that! How many tons can you put in the faun one? Any pictures or video's of the one in Denmark? Do you know in which city they drive in Denmark and France? How many does lobbe have in their fleet? Greetings from Holland!
I mean I guess.
It actually seems useful
Nice! Still better than the Cool Hand!
Haha this is like if the Cool Hand was a front loader
where did u ever get a video like that at its a find for sure
If I ever saw this I would post it to youtube
The only surviving remnant of this beast is the Faun version, which is identical except for the cart gripper which is Euro on theirs. The EZ Pack AFL definitely deserved more recognition than what it received. At one point, they told me it was coming back. But sadly, the company changed hands & it wad replaced with the wanna be Rapid Rail ASL they have now.
Yeah the Faun Easypress
I found it on eBay and Alan decided to buy it
It didn't look like it was a total pain, at least the arm cycle was quick. Definitely a unique rare truck! Is this all the footage? Do you know what company/city this was filmed in? Nice job!
legodude24652 filmed in Columbus, Ohio
this is what we need
That is awesome
Just like the Godziilla model but more modern in the 90s
Amazing video!
this truck is awesome! very cool video!
Definately an interesting truck that's for sure, but I can see why it was discontinued. It did makfe cul-de-sacs a breeze though. By the way, you put the wrong date in your description. I think you meant March and not May.
Nice video.
This Design must have been in america with a diamond tipper too. I've got a picuter of it. And a otto Classic with diamond lip. Anyone knows something about that?
Truly an interesting (but strange) ASL design. I'd imagine, besides the constantly protruding arm, a truck like this would probably be quite nice for less experienced operators because they can see where the can and grabber line up more easily
Am I the only one who thinks this truck looks friendly? Lmao
Best Way Disposal in watervileit MIchigan has one of these although it is not on route it is a last resort spare!
Michiana Refuse does it still work?
Randomness yeah but Cory (my yard waste guy) said it will be scrapped and replaced by a curotto
Why would they scrap that? Give it to a collector or something. The only other one I know of is in Oregon and it's not running. It's broken.
Randomness Best way isnt one of the companys that sell stuff but thre is a slim possibilitie they will sell it to soe place called Reliable disposal
That's a better choice than scrapping it.
All well and good in clean neighborhood. Tried in NYC much different area.
Thats how they invented the front loader.
The front loader was around way before this
Cool
Ever seen that before now that new afters of years of 1996 in 2018
Neat :)
Borden Waste-Away! in Elkhart Indiana last i saw one was about 2007
Cloumbus
From the side it looks like a curotto can without the bucket
Nice that garbage truck
What happened to this truck
This is the single-most bipolar truck I've ever seen. Is it a front loader? A side loader? I don't think even it can make up its mind!
this is kind of scary actually
based of the faun easypress over here in europe
And I oofed myself like a robloxian
Don’t they use this residential trash 🗑 truck anymore?
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@@dogensuch 👌🏻
There’s a truck that looks like this that operates in Germany
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To be honest it’s wasting a shit ton of space when driving probably
But I got flung from the truck