Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    Rory's Avatar
    Rory Posts: 9, Reputation: 2
    New Member
     
    #1

    May 2, 2007, 12:55 PM
    Whan was the first skip lorry invented?
    My dad wants to know whan the first skip lorry was invented?
    God knows why, can any one help?
    Lowtax4eva's Avatar
    Lowtax4eva Posts: 2,467, Reputation: 190
    Ultra Member
     
    #2

    May 2, 2007, 01:01 PM
    What's a skip lorry, I know lorry is a truck... what's a skip truck!
    Rory's Avatar
    Rory Posts: 9, Reputation: 2
    New Member
     
    #3

    May 2, 2007, 01:08 PM
    Sorry, a lorry that carrt's a skip on the back of it, a skip is a metal container that rubbish/trash is left in, like a giant bin, but yellow.
    Curlyben's Avatar
    Curlyben Posts: 18,514, Reputation: 1860
    BossMan
     
    #4

    May 2, 2007, 01:10 PM
    Good one there.
    Well, for our Yank friends here's what a skip is: Skip (container) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Now to the question.
    Following the wiki links I came across this one: Truck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    There is mention of a semi trailer being made in 1881, so I would think sometime around then.
    Lowtax4eva's Avatar
    Lowtax4eva Posts: 2,467, Reputation: 190
    Ultra Member
     
    #5

    May 2, 2007, 01:16 PM
    Ohhh, a dumpster

    Then you want a dumpster truck, 1937 is your answer then

    Waste collection vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Curlyben's Avatar
    Curlyben Posts: 18,514, Reputation: 1860
    BossMan
     
    #6

    May 2, 2007, 01:20 PM
    Lowtax, sorry mate wrong truck there.
    On a skip truck the rear collector (skip) is lowered from the truck bed and left to be filled with rubbish.
    The truck then returns sometime later to collect the full skip.

    Check out my first wiki link.

    Or try this one for a closer view:
    Image:Skip on skip carrier 01.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Lowtax4eva's Avatar
    Lowtax4eva Posts: 2,467, Reputation: 190
    Ultra Member
     
    #7

    May 2, 2007, 01:29 PM
    I saw that one, I should have been more specific, if you read the history it mentions this:

    In 1937 George Dempster invented the Dempster-Dumpster system in which wheeled waste containers were mechanically tipped into the WCV. His containers were known as Dumpsters, which led to the word dumpster entering the language.

    It was the first mention in the history section of a vehicle for picking up a waste container.
    Curlyben's Avatar
    Curlyben Posts: 18,514, Reputation: 1860
    BossMan
     
    #8

    May 2, 2007, 01:37 PM
    In the UK Dumpster are referred to as Dust Carts or Bin lorries.
    Dumpsters are basically a large volume wheeled bin.
    dean smith's Avatar
    dean smith Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
    New Member
     
    #9

    Oct 27, 2013, 01:54 AM
    First skip lorries wear designed in germany by a company callled benez meirell the spelling on the name might be slightly different to what I've typed but you get the idea the reason in no this is because I have a beard and that makes me the wise one
    !

Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions

 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

Skip trowel or California knockdown [ 1 Answers ]

How do I skip trowel a wall? I have the California knockdown on 3 walls and I need to match them to a newly installed wall.

Skip a mortgage payment [ 5 Answers ]

I have never been in the situation I am right now. I do not know how to approach my mortgage company to see about skipping a payment or making interest only payments. How should such a conversation be done

Smell of sulfur whan hot water is turned on [ 7 Answers ]

I am doing this for a friend so I'll get the info as quick as I can. I believe he only smells the sulfur when the hot water is running not the cold. What could this be a sign of? (no its not hell on earth :p )

Using DVD-RAM recorder to skip TV commercials [ 4 Answers ]

Several ads seem to say that if your DVD recorder will record on DVD-RAM that you can record and watch TV at the same time and fast forward past the commercials. Am I reading these ads correctly? The Pansonic DMR-ES10S at about $199 will record on DVD-RAM. There are DVD recorders that also have 60...


View more questions Search