I put my trash cans on rails and now they move automaticaly! (Trash Train)



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47 thoughts on “I put my trash cans on rails and now they move automaticaly! (Trash Train)”

  1. Schon allein an der Menge der Müllkübel kann man erkennen, dass Du ein deutscher bist :D. Aber ein gutes Englisch legst Du an den Tag. Und die Idee überhaupt ist super :). Und dann noch die Ausführung. Mit einem Gasdämpfer für den "Einkoppelmechanismus". Herrlich. Abo gesichert. Ich kommentiere, während ich das Video schaue. Toll, dass Du es auch noch so versuchst zu verfeinern, dass es kommerziell genutzt werden könnte und dabei an die nicht mehr so beweglichen Leute denkst. Hoffentlich findet sich da ein Geschäftspartner für dich, der es auch leistbar anbieten kann.

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  2. I'm doings this. Love from a German/American in Detroit USA.
    My only thing would be the battery. I would add copper pipe rails to deliver AC to a 24v power supply on the train. I wouldn't wanna beat up a tool battery like that leaving it out and charging all the time.

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  3. Great work! I would add some sort of crash detection / safety mechanism in case it gets stuck, hits someone or derail for some reason. With the way you are engaging pinion gear, your gear will push out when it gets stuck. I think adding some sort of sensor to the mechanism should work.

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  4. Have you had any issues with the garbage collection company not placing your bins back on the train carts? My garbage is collected by a hydraulic arm on the garbage truck; the bins often wind up nearly 1 meter away from where I leave them.

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  5. I've always wanted something like this at my house. Our driveway gets a little hazardous in the winter when it gets covered in ice. This would make trash day a lot easier during the colder months.

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  6. First time here. Couldn't think of a more German thing than over English I needing a solution to a problem that most people didn't know they had until they saw this. Now I want one even though it's a ridiculous machine.

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  7. In the U.S. you would still have to move the cans to the street. You couldn't have a track crossing the sidewalk or in the street. So you still have to move them a short distance by hand. Plus if you don't move them off the carts, the guys picking up the garbage would have to move the cans off the carts and put them back on. In the U.S. you are just asking for them to get destroyed. These workers tend to not be the happiest of workers.

    So for it to work here, the train would go to the sidewalk or the end of the driveway if there is no sidewalk, get unloaded and send the train back. Once the garbage was picked up, call back the train and place the empty bins back on it, then send the train back. This would not work well for the elderly or disabled.

    For most people, having the cans moved at least close to the street would be worth it. Kind of like an electric garage door opener. Which you may consider as a simpler engine. It already has the idea built in of start and stop.

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