Kickbar assembly

Abstract

A kickbar assembly for use in lifting and dumping a refuse container into a hopper of a rear load refuse vehicle, the kickbar assembly comprising: a pair of base frames configured to be connected to side walls of the refuse vehicle, an elongated generally U-shaped lifting implement having a pair of opposed ends pivotably connected to the respective base frames, a pair of electrically powered linear actuators, each of the linear actuators being pivotably connected to one of the respective base frames and one of the respective opposed ends of the lifting implement, the lifting implement being pivotably connected to the base, wherein the linear actuators move the lifting implement from a refuse container engaging lower position to an upper position to dump contents from the refuse container into the hopper, and further move the lifting implement to the lower position to return the refuse container to the ground surface.

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