Control assembly for refuse vehicle

In a refuse collection vehicle including a refuse storage body, a refuse receiving hopper mounted on said refuse storage body and communicating interiorly with said storage body and a fluid actuated mechanism mounted in said refuse receiving hopper for transferring refuse deposited in said hopper into said storage body and compacting the refuse therein, said fluid actuating mechanism including a control valve having a first slidable spool and a second slidable spool, a control mechanism for operating said control valve comprising a first control rod mounted on the refuse hopper for rectilinear motion along its axis, a second control rod mounted on the refuse hopper support structure for rectilinear motion along its axis, means operatively interconnecting the first control rod and the first valve spool for translating the rectilinear movement of the first control rod to rectilinear movement of the first valve spool, means operatively interconnecting the second control rod to the second valve spool for translating the rectilinear movment of the second control rod to rectilinear movement of the second valve spool, a control handle mounted on said hopper, means for pivotal movement of said control handle about a first axis and means for pivotal movement of said control handle about a second axis generally perpendicular to said first axis, and means operatively interconnecting the control handle and the first control rod for translating the pivotal movement of the control handle about the first axis to rectilinear movement of the first control rod and means operatively interconnecting the control handle and the second control rod for translating the pivotal movement of the control handle about the second axis to rectilinear movement of the second control rod.