Ecto-Garbage Truck

Ecto-Garbage Truck
Use:	Large Ghost Traps on Wheels
Appeared In:	The Real Ghostbusters "Bustman's Holiday" Extreme Ghostbusters "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

The Ecto-Garbage Trucks are garbage trucks upgraded into large and mobile Ghost Traps.

History

Ray Stantz quickly converted a whole fleet of garbage trucks in order to trap the 723 highlander and lowlander ghosts from the Battle of Dunkeld. He used $1000 to $2000 worth of electronics equipment, including Degaussing wires. After all the ghosts were trapped, Ray instructed the villagers of Dunkeld to bury the trucks and keep the wires connected to storage batteries until the ghosts de-resolved.

In need of more powerful equipment to fight S.I.D.N.E.E., the Ghostbusters purchased two vehicles from Honest Irv's Wrecking Yard in November 1997. One was a garbage truck that was converted into a very large Ghost Trap on wheels. The actual trap can be activated by controlled by a remote controller. However, during its one time of use, it had issues working. After Winston Zeddemore gave the truck a few hits, the trap activated and captured S.I.D.N.E.E. in an instant.

Trivia

• On page 13 of Ghostbusters Issue #15, the remote controller makes a non-canon cameo as the trigger used to open the Traps and Megatrap.
• On page 8 of Ghostbusters 101 #6, in panel 1, the trap inside the Ultimate Mobile Trap is visually based on the trap installed on the Ecto-Garbage Truck in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2".

Appearances

The Real Ghostbusters

• "Bustman's Holiday"

Extreme Ghostbusters

• "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

Gallery

Collages

As seen in "Bustman's Holiday"

As seen in "Bustman's Holiday"

As seen in "Bustman's Holiday"

As seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

Primary Canon

As seen in "Bustman's Holiday"

As seen in "Bustman's Holiday"

As seen in "Bustman's Holiday"

As seen in "Bustman's Holiday"

As seen in "Bustman's Holiday"

As seen in "Bustman's Holiday"

As seen in "Bustman's Holiday"

Schematic seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

As seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

As seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

As seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

As seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

As seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

Radio console in cab seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

Remote device seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

Top of Trap seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

Top of Trap seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

Trap opening seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

Trap activating seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

Trap cone seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

S.I.D.N.E.E. trapped seen in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2"

Secondary Canon

Non-Canon Cameo in Ghostbusters Issue #15

Non-Canon Reference seen in Ghostbusters 101 #6