Continuous improvement and customer-driven innovation are two of the top priorities at McNeilus. This way, you know you’re getting a refuse vehicle that will fit what you need, every time. That’s why McNeilus has been busy pushing the Meridian™ Front Loader’s performance even further.
Since its launch, the Meridian has offered a lighter weight front loader with the ability to carry a higher payload and lift more. Now the Meridian is even better, with enhancements that make this truck suitable for any customer’s individual applications. We’ve boosted durability and performance, as well as serviceability and liquid containment capability, with specific upgrades that include:
- New canopy and windguard design
- Additional top door shielding (CNG trucks)
- Redesigned tailgate mechanical props
- Relocated tailgate proximity switch
- Reconfigured ejector hose routing
- Improved hopper door seal
- Headframe and paper screen seal
The enhanced Meridian also comes standard with its original performance-driven features. The clear headframe and relocation of hydraulic and electrical components improves accessibility and serviceability, and a flat body floor helps improve carrying capacity and serviceability of underbody components. And, that’s just the beginning.
The Meridian design includes 10,000-pound-rated arms, side-of-body electric over hydraulic valves for better control and smoother operation and the largest available hopper access door. The Meridian can also be equipped with compressed natural gas through McNeilus CNG Systems and Service. And, McNeilus’ Latitude Integration option allows the Meridian to connect with any brand of front loader residential container, including Perkins automated container, Curotto-Can™ Automated Carry Can, and McNeilus’ own Street Smart Carry Can.
Along with its unique design features, the Meridian incorporates other revolutionary McNeilus technology such as McNeilus® CODE (controls on demand environment). This simplified CAN-based control system, which also comes standard on the McNeilus Zero-Radius™ Side Loader, provides superior diagnostics and troubleshooting capability at your fingertips.
More Zero Radius Side Loader Enhancements
In addition to the recent enhancements of the Meridian, McNeilus has also upgraded its Zero-Radius™ (ZR) Side Loader to boost durability, serviceability and appearance. Specific improvements include:
- Stronger arm structure to increase durability and reliability over the life of the truck
- Redesigned hopper wall, using a single sheet of abrasion-resistant steel, increasing thickness to enhance service life and durability
- Reduction in overall weight, also resulting from the single-sheet hopper wall design
- Arm hydraulic hoses packaged individually in a Cordura® sleeve, making them easier to replace, if needed.
- Painting process provides better paint coverage and a longer-lasting more durable finish
Already the industry standard for side-loading vehicles, the ZR easily navigates narrow streets and alleyways or clearance issues around containers. It can handle almost any obstacle a residential refuse truck faces on a daily basis. It also features the largest hopper available in its class, with a fast pack cycle that keeps the hopper clear.
The innovative, yet simple, zero-radius operation of the arm can handle some of the densest residential routes out there. The arm reaches rather than swings out, so you don’t need a wide clearance to grab cans. The Zero Radius picks up containers from 30- to 110-gallons and, with an optional 12-foot extended reach, it’s even easier to navigate a cul-de-sac or an obstruction like a parked car. The ZR is also equipped with electronic proportional controls that offer smooth, operate-at-idle capability.
To learn more about McNeilus refuse vehicles and innovations, stop by Booth #2235 or visit www.mcneiluscompanies.com.
