A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body assembly, and a tailgate. The body assembly is coupled to the chassis and defines a refuse compartment configured to store refuse material. The tailgate comprises a refuse receiving portion, a thresher assembly, and an electrically driven actuation mechanism. The refuse receiving portion is configured to receive refuse material. The thresher assembly includes a compaction thresher including a plurality of tines and a plurality of tine springs configured to bias the plurality of tines in a direction of compaction. The plurality of tine springs are each disposed around a corresponding tine of the plurality of tines. The electrically driven actuation mechanism is configured to selectively actuate the thresher assembly.

A refuse vehicle including an electric motor powered by a battery, a hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor, a manifold including a plurality of electrically actuated solenoid valves receiving hydraulic power from the hydraulic pump, a hydraulic actuator powered by the hydraulic pump via the manifold, and one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine a load applied to the hydraulic actuator, operate the manifold to provide regenerative flow of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator when the load is less than a threshold load, and operate the manifold to provide non-regenerative flow of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator when the load is greater than or equal to the threshold load.

A refuse vehicle including an electric motor powered by a battery, a hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor, a manifold including a plurality of electrically actuated solenoid valves receiving hydraulic power from the hydraulic pump, a hydraulic actuator powered by the hydraulic pump via the manifold, and one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine a load applied to the hydraulic actuator, operate the manifold to provide regenerative flow of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator when the load is less than a threshold load, and operate the manifold to provide non-regenerative flow of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator when the load is greater than or equal to the threshold load.

The waste truck having a hydraulically operated packer blade in combination with a hydraulically operated rotary cart tipper driven by a rotary actuator. The packer blade resides within a chamber of the truck and is movable therein. The hydraulically driven rotary actuator of the cart tipper rotates the cart tipper from a first down position to a second up position and includes a metallic shaft with an arcuate slot therein sensed by an inductive proximity sensor. The diverter valve is a solenoid operated, 2-way normally open, pilot operated poppet valve and functions as a hydraulic interrupt valve which permits safe operation of the hydraulically operated packer blade and prevents collisions of the packer blade with the rotary cart tipper.

A rear loading refuse vehicle includes a tailgate coupled to a rearward end of the body. The tailgate includes a modular refuse packing assembly removably mounted therein and configured to compact refuse received in a hopper into a storage chamber located in the body. The modular refuse packing assembly may include a frame supporting an actuator and a blade. The frame is removably coupled to the tailgate. The actuator is configured to move the blade between extended and retracted positions and thereby compact the refuse received in the hopper.

A rear loading refuse vehicle includes a tailgate coupled to a rearward end of the body. The tailgate includes a modular refuse packing assembly removably mounted therein and configured to compact refuse received in a hopper into a storage chamber located in the body. The modular refuse packing assembly may include a frame supporting an actuator and a blade. The frame is removably coupled to the tailgate. The actuator is configured to move the blade between extended and retracted positions and thereby compact the refuse received in the hopper.

A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body assembly, and an ejector mechanism. The body assembly is coupled to the chassis and defines a refuse compartment configured to store refuse material. The ejector mechanism includes an ejector and a cable actuator configured to selectively actuate the ejector between a refuse receiving position and an ejecting position.

A mobile system used for collecting, compacting, and transporting waste material from a waste generating site. The mobile system includes a waste collection container for holding the waste material therein and a roller compactor for compacting the waste material in the waste collection container to increase a density of the waste material within the waste collection container relative to a density of the waste material in the waste container. The mobile system can also have a transport truck, the waste collection container being attachable to the transport truck.

A battery management system includes a battery pack and a controller in communication with the battery pack and a packing actuator of the refuse vehicle. The controller is configured to receive a state of charge of the battery pack, determine if the state of charge satisfies a lower threshold, in response to determining that the state of charge satisfies the lower threshold, prevent operation of the packing actuator, determine if the state of charge satisfies an upper threshold, and in response to determining that the state of charge satisfies the upper threshold, initiate operation of the packing actuator.

A battery management system includes a battery pack and a controller in communication with the battery pack and a packing actuator of the refuse vehicle. The controller is configured to receive a state of charge of the battery pack, determine if the state of charge satisfies a lower threshold, in response to determining that the state of charge satisfies the lower threshold, prevent operation of the packing actuator, determine if the state of charge satisfies an upper threshold, and in response to determining that the state of charge satisfies the upper threshold, initiate operation of the packing actuator.