Automated Self Dumping Bins

 Self Dumping Bins out of Europe are much the same from brand to brand. In the last 15 years they have made a splash in changing out we handle trash in North America. We always used clamshell systems for a variety of reasons, but it's been chipped away by the great European designs that are commonly called Boat Skips, or Muck Skips. 

The reason for the change is due to durability and usability. A 4 yard Self Dumping Trash Bin is rated at 13,230 lbs. This is with a 3:1 safety factor for most manufacturers. This leads to durability. I've seen two of these bins damaged in my career. One due to grabbing it with a thumb on an excavator, and one due to being runover by a forklift. A bit hard to fault the bin. Clamshells are commonly damaged to about 20% of it's value on every job. I could line up the photos, but being sued isn't attractive. 

The usability factor is amplified by Eichinger's 1045 FA bins. They have a rotating latch that allows the crane operator to rotate the latch which makes dumping or flying optional without the aide of a rigger. What I see is a bin that doesn't require anyone to get into a dumpster filled with fall hazards, sharps and pinches. The boat skips I have been selling until today found that riggers were still getting in the dumpster to deal with a safety latch. I would explain until I'm blue in the face that they aren't required to use it and that it exists so the bale arm doesn't get knocked

over and into someone, but that knowledge would be set aside for the training that is inherent to use all safety devices. In this case, to impose a danger. But this problem is now solved with the automatic rotating latch. You can't remove the attachment to the crane without laying the arm down, so there is no longer a hazard of a falling bale arm. Since there is no latch, there is no reason for the riggers to expose themselves to the danger. Viola, the safety crane trash bin on the market is born. 

We can go to massive scales with these as well. 10.4 yards. If you need to excavate a project with a crane, these are the tools you need. Land the bin, laydown the arm out of the way of the excavator. Load. Lift it and land it up top where it can be dumped out in seconds without intervention. Send it back down and land it with guidance because it will certainly be in the blind for the operator. And... repeat. 

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