Heil Half/Pack Front Loader: Commercial Waste

Watch everyone's favorite garbage ginger deep in his element at the wheel of a front loader. Zach invited me up to Washington in Fall 2015 for a ride along in Amber, an early 2000s WX with Heil body out back. These Half/Packs came in what feels like 20 different flavors for the west coast market (my favorite being the DuraPack-bodied, half-bladed Southern California variant), every example you come across seems to have some substantial differences from any other, so unsurprisingly I haven't seen another one like this one which looks closer to the standard Half/Pack than the others. I think Zach called this a very early Sierra so we'll go with that. In any case all the proportions on the body look just right. I'm in love with the sleek, modestly sized triangular hopper wings, probably the best looking ones I've seen. Having grown up watching East Coast late 80s through mid 90s Half/Packs on roaring MRs the signature features shared between all Heils were deeply imprinted onto an impressionable young mind. To see those same arms, tailgate, cab shield but all moving at twice the usual speed was a real treat.

The company Zach was driving for is called Commercial Waste. A real no nonsense name. From what I saw on route their accounts are a bunch of recycling dumpsters in industrial parks, on this particular day Zach filled the truck once with cardboard and a second time with scrap lumber. Not exactly the usual application of a front loader but seems it works well enough. I think the full load ejected at the end of the video was 2 tons. The alternative would be a roll off box at each account or a heavy duty rear loader which would do a better job of braking down the wood but at a much slower rate. In any case it made for a cool shot of the packer. Along with the various dock stabs, pull outs done with the forks from inside the cab, and cardboard cages a fun route to film. Thanks to Zach for having me along. Filmed September 21, 2015.

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