Garbage trucks

Why is that garbage trucks are so damn noisy?  Some tell me it’s because trucks are noisy and that is all there is to it.  This is a false assumption and I can prove it.

Of course trucks are louder than cars but this does not explain why garbage trucks make more noise than other trucks.  Proof of this can be found at any truck stop parking lot.  Just go there and listen to the trucks idling and you will be impressed at how manufacturers have made advances in reducing the sound made by the vehicles.

Another person told me it was because of the hydraulic pump that operates the machinery used to collect and compress refuse.  This also makes no sense either.  Listen to a heavy duty tow truck in operation and you will be impressed at how quietly these machines operate.  I use the example of a tow truck because some will have as many as three hydraulic pumps to operate the recovery boom, underlift and winch.

This leaves with only one conclusion.  Those who own and operate garbage trucks want them to be loud. 

ENOUGH ALREADY!
Quiet these things down damnit.

Pdxurbanoutdoorsman

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