Allison Automatic Transmission: Bringing Safety and Efficiency to Garbage Trucks

Automatic transmission technology simplifies truck handling, helps drivers concentrate on driving, and improves driving safety. In the 700 garbage trucks operated by Aomori, the proportion of vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions has continuously increased.

Allison Automatic Transmission
Allison Automatic Transmission

Aomori's many municipal sanitation departments, contractors, and private industrial waste disposal companies have opted for automatic transmission vehicles since Hachinohe introduced the automatic garbage truck ten years ago. Garbage disposal company KazawaDisposals used the first garbage truck equipped with Allison transmission in 2005 and now has three HinoRangers models equipped with Allison 1000 series transmission.

Assemble allison transmission models
Assemble allison transmission models

Allison’s automatic transmissions improve workplace safety and vehicle operating efficiency, and have Park Mode, the common parking mode for passenger cars. When the driver fails to activate the parking brake, the parking neutral mode acts as an auxiliary brake to prevent the vehicle from slipping out of control. Garbage trucks are often used in demanding environments such as narrow roads and bustling neighborhoods where shopping malls are crowded. Frequent parking on slopes and short distances between stations and stations require high concentration. Automatic vehicles do not have to be distracted by the driver to step on the clutch, which greatly reduces driver pressure. Many vehicles equipped with Allison transmissions have power take-off switches that release engine power when the power take-off is used in park neutral mode. When switching to forward or reverse gear in driving mode, the power take-off function is automatically turned off. In the course of controlling the vehicle throughout the day, this function has reduced the driver a lot of operations, allowing them to focus more on the road conditions.

Misawa is located on the eastern coast of Aomori, facing the Pacific Ocean. When the winter temperatures are well below zero, the roads are covered with glass-thick ice. When driving a vehicle locally, you must be extremely careful when starting and parking. Akira Kazawa, owner of Kazawa Disposals, praised the garbage truck with Allison transmission.

Assembling Allison Transmission Garbage Truck
Assembling Allison Transmission Garbage Truck

“A garbage truck travels 50-60 kilometers a day and stops at 200-300 to collect garbage. Vehicles start and stop very frequently. The weather in the Sancha area is cold and vehicles are sometimes driven on icy roads. Even after using automatic vehicles, Parking on the slope, starting, vehicle control has also become easy and the driver's psychological pressure has also been reduced."

Kazawa Disposals also found that as all employees can operate vehicles equipped with Allison transmissions, the company has also made it easier to schedule drivers. In addition, Kazawa also praised Allison for the low operating costs associated with vehicle maintenance. “The automatic transmission allows the driver to control each vehicle in the same way, bringing high efficiency to the work. Because there is no need to replace the clutch like a manual transmission, the maintenance cost is greatly reduced.”

Kazawa Disposals Company Praises Allison
Kazawa Disposals Company Praises Allison

About Allison Transmission

Allison Transmission (NYSE: ALSN) is the world's largest manufacturer of hybrid transmissions for fully automatic heavy-duty commercial vehicles and urban passenger cars. Allison transmissions are available for a variety of models, including garbage trucks, construction vehicles, fire engines, distribution vehicles, passenger cars, RVs, and applications in the defense and energy industries. Allison Corporation was established in 1915 and its headquarters is established in Indianapolis, Indiana, Indiana. The company employs approximately 2,800 people worldwide. Allison Transmission's products are sold in more than 80 countries and regions, with regional headquarters in the Netherlands, China and Brazil, and factories in the United States, Hungary and India. Allison Transmission has approximately 1,400 independent distributors and agents worldwide.

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