AussieGarbo
VIP Isuzu
A few times I’ve seen this Isuzu visit the Rockdale transfer station and park between two hook-lift containers used for cardboard. Seeing the livery on the side of all the bottles I assumed this truck collected mixed bottles and containers from wheelie bins beside these hook containers. Well the other day I witnessed a bloke enthusiastically chucking a variety of plastic containers into the body of the truck and emptying 240Ls with that lifter on the side. I thought he might have been sorting out different products into the back and loading others into a separate compartment... turns out all I got right was that he was dealing with plastic containers. After approaching the extremely friendly driver and querying what he does, I found out he travels all around NSW and interstate collecting used oil and chemical containers. It turns out he visits most waste management facilities all over the place from small local council tips to large privately owned sites. Basically what happens with this truck is bins are emptied at the front like a normal side loader, with contents gradually falling down into a Trethewey baler, which squashes the containers into approx 130kg blocks and then he’s got a small crane in the truck which allows him to stack the complete bales in the back. Judging by the signage I was expecting this truck was run by Visy and yes it is, although not the recycling division, rather Visy Industrial Packaging (VIP). The large RotaGrab lifter is what caught my attention previously, so I was very curious to learn about this collection truck. It was pretty cool hearing about this guy’s job too - obviously he goes everywhere and sees everything!
VIP Isuzu
A few times I’ve seen this Isuzu visit the Rockdale transfer station and park between two hook-lift containers used for cardboard. Seeing the livery on the side of all the bottles I assumed this truck collected mixed bottles and containers from wheelie bins beside these hook containers. Well the other day I witnessed a bloke enthusiastically chucking a variety of plastic containers into the body of the truck and emptying 240Ls with that lifter on the side. I thought he might have been sorting out different products into the back and loading others into a separate compartment... turns out all I got right was that he was dealing with plastic containers. After approaching the extremely friendly driver and querying what he does, I found out he travels all around NSW and interstate collecting used oil and chemical containers. It turns out he visits most waste management facilities all over the place from small local council tips to large privately owned sites. Basically what happens with this truck is bins are emptied at the front like a normal side loader, with contents gradually falling down into a Trethewey baler, which squashes the containers into approx 130kg blocks and then he’s got a small crane in the truck which allows him to stack the complete bales in the back. Judging by the signage I was expecting this truck was run by Visy and yes it is, although not the recycling division, rather Visy Industrial Packaging (VIP). The large RotaGrab lifter is what caught my attention previously, so I was very curious to learn about this collection truck. It was pretty cool hearing about this guy’s job too - obviously he goes everywhere and sees everything!