Labrie MINIMAX, Operator'S Manual

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Operating the M
INIMAX
TM
93
Figure 4-6 Hopper
Packer Description
The packer blade is made of high strength steel for maximum compaction of the refuse material being
carried in the truck. A telescopic cylinder is used to push and pull the packer into the hopper and
compact the material into the body. If any piece of garbage exceeds above the packer, it will be
crushed or bent against the rear breaker bar, located just above the opening of the body.
Whatever piece of garbage that is not pushed inside the body on a given stroke of the packer will fall
back in the hopper when the packer retracts. As another cycle is activated by the operator, what was
left in the hopper in the previous stroke of the packer will be pushed into the body.
The M
INIMAX
TM
packer is also used to unload refuse at landfill (Figure 4-7). See Unloading Procedure
on page 97
Figure 4-7 Packer inside body