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Demonstrations are the best way for the people to be able to understand the full functionality and capability of our loaders before purchasing. Luckily for the you, Petersen Industries is always ready to schedule a demo for anyone that’s interested in seeing our top-of-the-line loaders. While you can request several units from our product line for demonstration, we have our top three choices for you to consider today. The Atlas Lightning Loader®, The Route Assistant®, and the TL3 Lightning Loader®.

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Petersen Industries celebrated 60 years of the Lightning Loader® in 2017, we know a thing or two about grapple trucks. We are the face of experience, dedication, and amazing service. Give us a call at (863) 676-1493 or e-mail us at [email protected] for your demonstration.

TL3 Trash Truck Grapple Loader

Petersen Grapple Loaders

Look at three of our most popular loaders. Specifically built for certain performances:

Atlas Lightning Loader - Grapple Loader

Our biggest and most powerful Petersen loader creation to date. This Lightning Loader® is designed to for maximum strength, durability, and reliability. The Atlas is designed to save time during operation with customer outrigger placement, a boom that can continuously rotate 360°, and power up and gravity down dump hoist. The reach on the Atlas is up to 25 feet, our longest reach available combined with our Hardox® bodies for ultimate strength.

Our Jack-of-all-Trades unit lets the operator use our grapple function as normal but also allows for a cart-tipper and half trough or half trough on one side for additional pick-up needs. This is an option available on our 20 foot 30 cubic yard TL3 Lightning Loader® bodies. It is compatible with standard or stand-up right-hand drive chassis. Our Route Assistant® makes sure that no items are left behind, providing for complete customer satisfaction.

TR3 Route Assist Grapple Loader
Petersen Grapple Trucks and Loaders TL3

Our most envied, desired, and most imitated grapple truck in the bulky waste industry. This unit is used by over 1,000 cities and counties nationwide, and by most major waste companies. Our TL3 is available in a variety of control options and body sizes to fit your needs. The TL3 Lighting Loader® provides for one man operation and ultimate safety for operators. Making this our most popular model to date.

The TL2 Trash Truck Grapple Loader is our non-CDL & cost efficient unit. A single operator can load, haul, and dump trash with this unit. All while remaining under 26,000 lbs. GVW. This Grapple Truck is for you if your operators are non-CDL.

  • 16 ft. boom reach
  • Lifts 2,650 lbs. when fully extended at 16 ft.
  • At 10 ft. maximum lift capacity is 5,320 lbs.
  • All-purpose heavy duty trash bucket features low profile dual cylinder design
  • Dump body sizes range between 18 and 20 cubic yards
  • ANSI Z245 compliant
TL2 Trash Truck-demo

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Petersen Industries celebrated 60 years of the Lightning Loader® in 2017, we know a thing or two about grapple trucks. We are the face of experience, dedication, and amazing service. Give us a call at (863) 676-1493 or e-mail us at [email protected] for your demonstration.

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