Spicer Steer Axles Application Guidelines - Manual (Page 39)

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Refuse
Definitions
- Vehicles used for residential refuse/recycle pickup, on adverse grades up to 20%,
typically a high number of stops per mile
- Or, vehicles operated in commercial/industrial pickup, on adverse grades up to 20%,
typically a low number of stops per mile
- Or, vehicles used in transfer/relocation on maximum grades of 8%,
typically greater than 10 mile trips
- 90% of loaded operation on road surfaces of concrete, asphalt or maintained gravel
and up to 10% of loaded operation into landfill, transfer or recycling sites
Typical Vehicle Types
Front/Rear/Side Loader Sewer/Septic/Vacuum Roll-Off
Liquid Waste Hauler Scrap Truck Transfer Vehicle
Residential/Commercial Pickup Street Sweeper
Rescue
Definitions
- Specialized vehicles for rapid acceleration to crash sites away from hydrant hookups
- Operation on road surfaces made of concrete, asphalt, maintained gravel, crushed
rock, hard packed dirt, or other similar surfaces for 90% of the time and into sandy or
muddy crash sites for 10% of the time
- Low mileage operation
Typical Vehicle Types
Airport Rescue Fire (ARF) Crash Fire Rescue (CRF)
Rapid Intervention Vehicle (RIV) Emergency Service