Perkins Manufacturing Company
Perkins Manufacturing was one of my father’s biggest pride and joy. My siblings and I grew up chasing garbage trucks and going to visit dumpers in the back of restaurants all through our childhood. When I got married we even had our wedding presents moved to our new apartment via a new garbage truck. You should have seen the faces on our new neighbors when the truck pulled up to our new home and we started pulling boxes out of the back of a big white garbage truck. We grew up seeing the passion our father had for Perkins and the Waste Industry. Having the same loyalty and dedication to Perkins that our Father had. We took what he started 45 years ago along with his vision, mixed with our own vision and have grown Perkins to what it is today.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Waste and Recycling - Municipal Waste
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
About Us
It has been an exciting adventure watching Perkins grow and improve over the years. We have a great group of people who work for Perkins and their dedication and talents helps to keep Perkins successful. Please contact Perkins today and see what “EVERYDAY STRENGTH” we can bring to you and your business.
In the early 80’s with the residential waste hauling industry changing to plastic 95 gallon semi-automated refuse carts and matching lift mechanisms. The cart lifters at this time would interfere with the dumping operation of the commercial containers that Perkins was famous for. Robert Hoppe, had a vision of a lifter system that could dump the new plastic carts and then tuck under the hopper, allowing the operator to dump commercial containers with the same truck. This vision took form in the Perkins Cylinder Tuck-away lifter which quickly became the best selling lifter on the market. The Tuck-away was the first cart lifter to utilize the sweeping arc motion to grab the cart. Perkins lifters offer pioneering features such as rotary actuators, breakaway faceplates, and high ground clearances.
Tuck-away™ Lifter
In 2001 Perkins Manufacturing sold the commercial container division and concentrated its efforts into further developing and expanding the cart lifter line. Today Perkins Manufacturing holds over 20 issued and pending domestic and international patents. We manufacture more than 70 products and accessories for the waste industry (residential, industrial and commercial users) and we have expanded beyond the waste industry into servicing; hospitals, Universities, Casinos, paper shredding companies and the list continues to grow. Perkins Manufacturing distributes its products worldwide. Perkins is also the only cart manufacture that is ISO certified and has been since 2005.