Tilt Trucks
A tilt truck is a molded poly hopper on casters that collects bulk waste, scrap, laundry, or offcuts and then empties by pivoting the body forward, so one worker dumps a full load into a dumpster or compactor without a forklift. This collection is Vestil's TDT line: one-piece polyethylene bodies on a steel base with a tip support, balanced so the load carries the tilt once you release the latch. Two footprints cover most rooms, a half cubic yard and a full cubic yard, each offered in light, medium, and heavy duty, so rated capacity runs from a few hundred pounds up to just over a ton. Prices span the high $300s to the mid $800s on the push models, with a tow-able version near $1,300. Pick the volume first, then the duty.
Compare Tilt Trucks
| Model | Price | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestil Tilt Trucks with Tow-Bar | $1,282 | 2,100 lb | View → |
| Vestil Tilt Trucks | $799 | 450-2,100 lb | View → |
Tilt Trucks Buying Guide
Start with the volume. Two body sizes cover the line. The half cubic yard truck is the tighter-aisle choice, easy to wheel through a single door and up to a bench, and it still swallows a shift of packaging or trim. The full cubic yard body holds twice the loose volume and halves the trips to the dumpster, which is the point in a high-traffic room collecting from several bins at once. Measure the doorway and the dump target before you buy, because a one yard truck that will not fit the aisle or clear the container lip is the wrong pick no matter how much it holds. When the load is flat and heavy rather than loose and bulky, a platform truck moves it better; the tilt truck earns its keep on scrap, castings, laundry, and recycling that has to be poured out instead of stacked.
Match the duty grade to the load weight. Each size comes in three grades, and the difference is the rated capacity of the same poly body. In the half yard, light duty carries 450 lb, medium 850 lb, and heavy 1,400 lb. In the full yard, light duty is 850 lb, medium 1,250 lb, and heavy 2,100 lb. Light duty suits paper, film, and empty cartons, where the volume fills before the weight does. Heavy duty is for wet scrap, metal offcuts, and anything dense enough to pack a full yard past a ton. The body is one-piece molded polyethylene over a steel base with a tip support, so it shrugs off dents, rust, and washdown and takes hot and cold without cracking. Four colors, black, blue, red, and yellow, let you color-code streams so trash, recycling, and reclaim never share a truck.
Push it or tow it in a train. Most of the line is push-and-dump: wheel the truck to the container, release the latch, and the balanced body tips the load out under its own weight, no second person and no lift. When one operator has to move several loads across a large site, the tow-able version pays off. It is the full yard heavy duty body fitted with a tow bar and clevis hitch, so it hooks behind a tugger or another truck and rolls in a train rather than being pushed one at a time, with a tapered front that pours cleanly into a larger hopper. That model runs near $1,300 against the high $300s to mid $800s for the push trucks, so it makes sense only when the towing genuinely saves labor on a long run. For the tugs that pull it and the rest of the plant-floor moving gear, see the parent industrial carts and dollies hub and the truck and tow collection; other bulk waste containers live in trash collection and recycling.
Frequently Asked Questions
Collecting and dumping loose bulk material, general waste, recycling, laundry, and manufacturing scrap. You roll the loaded truck to a dumpster, compactor, or larger hopper, release the latch, and the body tilts forward to empty. It replaces the manual lift-and-tip of loose bins in warehouses, plants, schools, and grounds work.
By volume, either a half cubic yard or a full cubic yard. By weight, the rating depends on the duty grade: the half yard carries 450, 850, or 1,400 lb in light, medium, and heavy duty, and the full yard carries 850, 1,250, or 2,100 lb. Match the grade to how dense your load is, not merely how much it fills.
No. The body is balanced on a steel base with a tip support so a single person can tilt and empty a full load by hand. That is the reason to use a tilt truck instead of a fixed bin that needs a lift to invert.
It is the full yard heavy duty truck (2,100 lb) fitted with a tow bar and clevis hitch, so it connects behind a tugger or another truck and moves in a train instead of being pushed individually. The front is tapered to pour into a larger container. It runs near $1,300, versus the high $300s to mid $800s for the push versions, and it earns that premium on long hauls across a big site.
Yes. The one-piece molded polyethylene resists dents, corrosion, and moisture, hoses out for cleaning, and holds up to hot and cold weather without cracking, so the trucks work indoors and out.
Black, blue, red, and yellow are the same truck in different colors, offered so you can color-code waste streams. Assigning a color to trash, recycling, and reclaim keeps materials from getting mixed at the point of collection.