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A side loading refuse vehicle has a forward receiving hopper and a storage compartment wherein the floor of the receiving hopper is dropped to a relatively lower level than the floor of the storage compartment. The storage compartment and the receiving hopper floors are connected by a ramped floor.

A side loading refuse vehicle has a forward receiving hopper and a storage compartment wherein the floor of the receiving hopper is dropped to a relatively lower level than the floor of the storage compartment. The storage compartment and the receiving hopper floors are connected by a ramped floor. The material receiving opening in the receiving hopper is at a correspondingly lower level to make manual loading easier. The side loading refuse vehicle also includes a chassis having a ramped portion and a dropped chassis for supporting the ramped floor and receiving hopper. A mechanized lifting and emptying apparatus is situated on one side of the receiving hopper such that a container of interest may be engaged on that side and emptied through the material receiving opening into the receiving hopper. The mechanized lifting and emptying apparatus includes a telescoping boom holding a supporting arm and a container grabber for engaging a container of interest.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A load hauling vehicle, comprising:(a) a truck chassis carrying a truck cab and a truck body;(b) said truck body being mounted on said chassis, said truck body including a storage volume and a receiving hopper having a side opening beginning a distance from a floor of sai

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A load hauling vehicle, comprising:(a) a truck chassis carrying a truck cab and a truck body;(b) said truck body being mounted on said chassis, said truck body including a storage volume and a receiving hopper having a side opening beginning a distance from a floor of said receiving hopper for receiving material to be loaded into said storage volume, wherein said storage volume has a floor at a first level and wherein said receiving hopper is forward of said truck body and has a roof and has said floor at a second level lower than said first level thereby enabling said side opening to be at a level low enough to facilitate optional manual loading and to permit manually addressed cart tipping devices to tip carts resting on the ground and a packer mechanism situated in said receiving hopper;(c) a ramped floor between said receiving hopper and said storage volume wherein material loaded into said receiving hopper is moved up said ramped floor and into said storage volume by said packer mechanism situated in said receiving hopper;(d) a linearly extendable mechanized container addressing and emptying system attached to the vehicle and operable to one aide of said vehicle for addressing, lifting and emptying a container into said receiving hopper through said material receiving side opening;(a) wherein said extendable mechanized container addressing and emptying system includes an extending boom means and wherein said extending boom means is offset toward one side of said material receiving opening to facilitate accommodation of manual loading into said material receiving side opening; and(f) wherein said extendable mechanized container addressing and emptying system includes a container manipulator means selected from the group consisting of container gripper means and bin handler means and further comprising a support arm connected between said container manipulator means and said extending boom means.