Abstract: A vehicle is adapted to lift up and transport a plurality of full trash bins for transportation to another site for unloading and to transport and deposit empty clean bins to replace those removed. The vehicle is equipped with a plurality of fork lift systems which may be located along the side and the front thereof. Each of these fork lift systems has a pair of lift arms which are hydraulically raised and lowered and which are utilized to raise a trash bin off the ground so that it is held on the vehicle for transportation and to lower and deposit a replacement bin. A mechanical latching device is provided to assure that the bin will be held in the raised position, this latching device being released by a mechanical handle when the bin is to be removed from the vehicle.

Abstract: A garbage truck for handling large trash bins has a system incorporated therein for cleaning and deodorizing the bins after they have been emptied. Immediately after a bin has been emptied into the garbage truck trash compactor and while it is in an inverted position, the bin is sprayed with hot water ejected from nozzles mounted on the truck to the rear of the compactor. This spraying operation is controlled from the cab of the truck and is continued long enough with a large enough volume of water to insure thorough cleaning of the bin. After the bin has been washed it is returned to its original position on the ground and sprayed with deodorant from jet nozzles mounted on the top of the truck cab, this operation also being controlled by an operator in the cab.

Abstract: A painting booth is formed from three panels for the roof, side walls and back wall of the booth, the bottom or floor of the booth being open, there being hinged doors for closing the front of the booth and providing access thereto. Means are provided for pivotally joining the rear wall of the booth to the back end of a trailer bed. Hydraulic cylinders are mounted on trailer and bed and are employed to pivotally drive the booth between a first position whereat the booth is supported on the trailer bed and a second position whereat the booth surrounds an object to be painted which is located on the ground to the rear of the trailer bed. A blower and filter are provided in a wall of the booth to ventilate the booth.