Service Shack Ep. 13 - How to Operate A Heil Half/Pack Odyssey Commercial Front Load Garbage Truck

In Episode #13, our "Service Guru" Travis Wallen walks you through how to properly operate your Heil Half/Pack Commercial front end load garbage truck with Odyssey Controls.
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[@abelpadilla7789]

I’m so happy that the trash trucks I drove never had all this nonsense tech you just. Need a P. T. O bottom and controls system is cable driven and is more control then the air controls as I have 30 years experience in front loader.

[@abelpadilla7789]

I would need the arm lever and forks lever to be switched it’s always been that way so switching the arm and fork’s would give me better control of empty a bin .

[@joelanguiano5196]

Sounds nice , but with 200 bins daily - in L.A. running and dispatch calling and drivers not listen & and slowly driving like this guy explaining . Good luck finishing route.

[@abelpadilla7789]

Don’t worry this is all bull shit I drove front loader for 29 years never had a problem. This guy saying that if u lift bins that are to heavy it can hurt the arms just never heard that before the trucks and body’s like maxon or Amrep best front loader ever heil can’t build a front loader.

[@code3responsevideos872]

Didn’t know the mirrors were supposed to be clean no wonder I have trouble backing up.

[@abelpadilla7789]

Heil you need to switch the arm n forks controls if switch you can work the controls with one hand .

[@BeardedBlaxican]

That packer extended extractor button on the control panel is flawed big time the little plastic tip that sits down in the slot continously breaks and the button becomes unusable

[@abelpadilla7789]

They sure make it technical just to operate the front loader

[@GunMETALhydra]

Can you put a McNeilus carry can on a heil half pack front loader ?

[@CoolHandMacc]

Please go back to the previous air joysticks. We as drivers do not like the new electric style. They have a delayed response which is not good for front load applications. The old style joystick provided instant response which is a necessity in our business.

[@brianbolde5281]

Definitely go back to air

[@hanjerey]

Yes new joysticks are terrible, the arms are so damn slow

[@djgill2305]

I like the old way too. 😡

[@abelpadilla7789]

I drove front loader for 25 years these new trucks have to many buttons the body I had on the Mack MB we had the Maxon or Bemars front loader with the cable control system we had 5 levers one button that was the P. T. O. That’s it I understand this is the new generation of trucks body for the waste industry so just my opinion and thoughts

[@Ermhuh]

Smh, showoffs.