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Waste & Recycling Truck and Equipment Sales, Service and Parts

Preferred Truck and Equipment helps garbage companies, recycling companies, and fleet operators across Northern California and Western Nevada keep their trucks working, serviced, and ready for the route.

Serving Northern California since 1979.

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Equipment Sales

We help you choose the right Heil waste and recycling truck for your route, your fleet, and the way your crews actually work. Frontload, rear load, sideload, and electric — we'll walk through what fits.

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Truck Service

Service support for waste and recycling trucks, with a practical focus on reducing downtime. Routine maintenance, repairs, and the kind of hands-on help fleets need when a truck has to be back on route tomorrow.

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Parts Support

Parts support for garbage and recycling trucks. We'll help identify the right parts for your unit and, when it makes sense, arrange installation support so the part actually gets on the truck.

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Equipment

Waste & Recycling Equipment Built for Real Routes

Heil refuse trucks configured for the work your crews actually do — from heavy commercial routes to fully electric residential sideload.

Commercial Frontload Garbage Trucks
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Commercial Frontload Garbage Trucks

Heavy-duty workhorses for dumpster routes — bars, restaurants, retail, industrial. Built for high pickup counts and long days.

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Residential Automated Frontload Garbage Trucks
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Residential Automated Frontload Garbage Trucks

Automated frontload trucks configured for residential cart routes where consistency and operator safety matter every block.

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Rear Load Garbage Trucks
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Rear Load Garbage Trucks

Flexible rear loaders for mixed routes, alley pickups, and accounts that still depend on a crew working off the back of the truck.

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Automated Sideload Garbage Trucks
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Automated Sideload Garbage Trucks

Single-operator sideload trucks built for high-density residential cart routes. Efficient, repeatable, and easier on drivers.

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100% Electric Sideload Garbage Trucks
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100% Electric Sideload Garbage Trucks

Fully electric sideload refuse trucks for fleets moving toward zero-emission routes without giving up real-world route performance.

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Local Support Across Northern California and Western Nevada

PT&E works with garbage companies, recycling companies, municipal fleets, and private waste haulers throughout Northern California and Western Nevada. We're a regional dealer — not a call center — and we know the routes, the yards, and the equipment our customers run.

Three locations keep us close to the fleets we support: Livermore, Sacramento, and Pleasanton.

Livermore
6175 Southfront Rd, Livermore, CA 94551
Sacramento
8844 Elder Creek Rd, Sacramento, CA 95828
Pleasanton
3110 Busch Rd, Pleasanton, CA 94566
Why PT&E

A regional dealer that knows the trucks and the routes

Established in 1979

Decades of working with garbage and recycling fleets across the region.

Local Northern California presence

Three locations across the Bay Area and Sacramento — we're around when you need us.

Specialize in heavy duty repairs

We are full experienced with bumper to bumper repairs, chassis swaps, and full body rebuilds.

Sales, service, and parts under one roof

One company that knows the truck from spec sheet to swing arm.

Heil waste and recycling equipment

Authorized support for a manufacturer that's been building refuse equipment for 125 years.

Practical help for fleet uptime

We focus on keeping trucks earning, not on selling you something you don't need.

Need help with equipment, service, or parts?

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(925) 846-9222