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Refuse & Recycling

McNeilus Manual/ Automated Side Loader

Drop-Frame M/A

FLEXIBLE. DEPENDABLE. EFFICIENT.

Navigating the unpredictability of curb-side collection, the McNeilus Drop-Frame Manual/Automated (MA) Side Loader introduces unmatched flexibility with its dual-function automated arm and manual loading system. This design effortlessly manages residential cans and accommodates additional off-route items with its low-entry hopper. Enhancing its adaptability, an optional cart tipper facilitates dual-side street collection. Available as a purely manual loader, its design suits single-operator or recycling tasks, simplifying tote disposal with its accessible hopper.

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Modern Disposal Services automated side loader truck collecting a blue recycling cart along a residential street lined with autumn trees, demonstrating automated curbside recycling collection.
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City of Lakeland McNeilus side loader recycling truck featuring a community recycling awareness graphic, parked outdoors as part of a municipal recycling collection program.

One of the most flexible trucks on the market. Ideal for routes that require both manual and automated pickup.

  • Combines a side arm for automated collection and a low-height hopper for easy manual loading
  • With an arm reach of 6-feet, lift capacity of 500 pounds, smooth operation and one-button pickup, it can handle cans of almost any size.
  • Low sill height for easy loading of the extras. Optional cart tippers allow collection from both sides of the street. Plus a simple-to-operate tilt dump body.
  • Arm and packer operation at idle speed keeps noise to a minimum.
  • Use it as a strictly manual side loader. With its drop frame and curbside hopper, it's ideal for single-man routes.
  • Excalibre™ cylinders feature hardened nitrided rods and a tool shaver that help keep refuse debris out, reducing hydraulic contamination.

Features and Benefits

Body Sizes

Body sizes available in 20, 22, 26, and 28 cubic yard configurations

Low sill height

Low sill height for easier loading of the “extras”, optional cart tippers allow collection from both sides of the street. Plus, a simple-to-operate tilt dump body.

Unmatched flexibility

With a side arm for automated collection and a low-height hopper for easier manual loading makes this the most flexible refuse vehicle on the market.

CAN-based controls

Multiplexed and distributed CAN-based controls offer the best technology in the business (sealed keypads, backlit screens, operator status lights and diagnostic display).

Excalibre cylinders

Up to 80% of hydraulic contaminants can enter through the packing cylinders. McNeilus-exclusive Excalibre™ cylinders help prevent hydraulic contamination with a patented tool steel shaver and field-proven seal that significantly minimize problem-causing debris.

Arm and packer operation

With the ability to operate the arm and packer at idle, this refuse vehicle operates quieter and more efficiently than competitors.

Arm reach

With an arm reach of 6-feet, lift capacity of 500 pounds, smooth operation and one-button pickup, it can handle cans of almost any size.

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