Garbage trucks

19.08.2019

Stuttgart / London – Integrated waste management and recycling leader Biffa has expanded its fleet with 43 new Mercedes-Benz Econic trucks. The British refuse collection and recycling specialist now has a fleet of around 1500 refuse collection and recycling vehicles in active operation across the UK.

The majority of the 43 recently delivered brand-new Econic vehicles are refuse collection vehicles based on the Econic 2630 L and feature a steered rear axle as well as a compactor body.

Alongside the 38 three-axle, 26-tonne trucks with compactor body, Biffa has also ordered two novel vehicle types: skip loaders and hookloaders based on the low-entry Econic chassis. The five new refuse collection vehicles are currently being tested in London. There are three two-axle Econic 1827 L skip loaders and two Econic 3235 L hookloaders with four axles. By equipping the trucks with a steering front axle, a tandem axle unit with two driven rear axles and a single-tyre trailing steered axle, the Econic hookloaders are especially well-suited to waste collection in heavy urban traffic thanks to the particularly good manoeuvrability which this combination offers.

The new Econic vehicles from Biffa are powered by frugal OM 936 LA six-cylinder inline engines with 7.7 litres displacement. Engine output on the refuse collection vehicles is 220 kW (299 hp); on the skip loaders, that figure is 200 kW (272 hp), whilst the hookloaders deliver 260 kW (354 hp). On the Econic 2630 L refuse collection trucks, a fully automatic Allison 6-speed transmission handles gearshifts, whilst the skip loaders and hookloaders are equipped with a 12-speed Mercedes PowerShift 3 transmission.

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