interesting variety coming to auction

https://bids.aumannauctions.com/auctions/43248/lot/6735918-volkswagen-split-window-beetle

https://bids.aumannauctions.com/auctions/43248/lot/6735936-american-lafrance-ladder-truck

https://bids.aumannauctions.com/auctions/43248/lot/6735954-diamond-t-truck

https://bids.aumannauctions.com/auctions/43248/lot/6735933-army-2-1-2-ton-6x6-dump-truck

https://bids.aumannauctions.com/auctions/43248/lot/6735960-san-francisco-trolley-bus

Because nothing like good news and success pushes city bureaucrats to screw something up.... the sanitary success of “Trash King,” Sidney Torres IV, and his company, IV Waste, caused the mayor to got to court to give the contract to someone else, IN SPITE of city councillors, residents, and business owners insisting on his renewal based on his OUTSTANDING work

The district has gleamed since Torres was given an emergency year-long contract last December to handle its waste management, they say. Tourists stumbling out of a Bourbon Street bar around sunrise on any given day can find IV Waste employees power-washing sidewalks, scooping up cigarette butts and spritzing streets with his patented “lemon fresh” cleaning formula. But a judge on Wednesday allowed Mayor LaToya Cantrell to replace IV Waste at the end of July, over the objections of the city council. With a local management district insisting on Torres, this raises the possibility of rival collectors competing for the French Quarter’s garbage.

“Just because they like the other guy, that is not enough,” the mayor’s attorney Charles Rice told the judge, and he said there’s “no reason” to believe a different contractor would do worse.

(because the Mayor and his lawyer can't remember more than a year ago, the stench, and rats?)(Oh, the mayor was elected by the guy who owns the other waste management company, and he's who the mayor wants to give the $73 million dollar contract to)

At stake is the attractiveness of some of the most important city blocks in the country, residents say — New Orleans reports that more than 19 million visitors spent a collective $10 billion last year, and most visited the historic French Quarter.

In a city plagued by dysfunction including constant flooding, treacherous potholes and a massive jailbreak, Torres’ company has become a point of civic pride. The quarter is filled with signs in support of IV Waste.

“It’s not even in the same solar system -- the service they provide versus what others provide,” said Danny Conwill, who owns an oyster bar off Bourbon Street and is suing the mayor to keep IV Waste. He recalls other trash collectors leaving “noxious garbage juices” and heaps of shrimp heads and oyster shells scattered about, leading to rank summer odors bad for business.

After a competitive bidding process last year, the city began negotiating a $73 million contract with another local firm, Henry Consulting, to clean the French Quarter for at least the next five years. But before the deal was finalized, council members grew alarmed that the company did not seem to have the necessary equipment or subcontracts in place as Super Bowl LIX and the annual Mardi Gras celebrations loomed.

https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-french-quarter-garbage-a00a64a2eb5a469758ce43d31847ed88

The Downtown Tunnel on I-264 westbound from Norfolk to Portsmouth was closed for over two hours Wednesday after a garbage truck's forks hit the ceiling, causing it to get stuck in the tunnel

 The driver is facing five charges, 

 Reckless Driving General 

 Over Height Limits

 Driving in the left lane where prohibited

 Two counts of Disregarding a Flagger

https://www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-community/norfolk/trash-trucks-forks-damage-200-feet-of-downtown-bridge-tunnel-ceiling

I don't recall if I've posted about it before, but there is a town in California, about 30 miles from Long Beach, that puts strict limits on the number of cars on its streets.

Much like Mackinac Island in Lake Michigan, the founders didn't set it up for cars, and they didn't ever get around to feeling they were necessary when everything is within walking distance. 

But, since there are some necessary vehicles... I present the town dump truck! An Isuzu Elf! A very small dump truck

Most everyone gets around with electric golf carts, Mopeds, scooters, and electric bikes.  I suppose there is only a golf cart garage and tire shop. Probably no drive thrus. There are a couple small vehicles, some Suzuki Samurais, a lot of Scion iQs, a couple minis, and a tuk tuk.  

I guess that means there must be a gas station! 

They do rent golf carts there also.

https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/avalon-catalina-california-car-25-year-waitlist-20416647.php

https://blog.lauramichet.com/weird-vehicles-of-avalon-california/

https://www.cityofavalon.gov/1398/Register-a-VehicleAutoette

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIreHIXz3-C/?img_index=11

https://martinturnbull.com/2018/11/15/santa-catalina-island-postcard-with-modified-bus-circa-1920s-2/

Trash and recycling companies aren’t allowed to work in Chicago between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. It's just too damn loud, and annoying the residents... but, in the recent crackdown on private waste haulers, nearly 200 tickets were issued for illegal, early-morning pickups during the first six months

“Noise complaints are in the Top 10 of 911 calls in almost every ward of Chicago”

the company that so far has been slapped with the most tickets is

 Lake Shore Waste with 48 tickets, followed by 

Flood Brothers at 34, 

Republic Services at 32, and 

Waste Management at 26. 

While most violations happened in the 6 o’clock hour, the illegal pickups happened all through the wee hours of the morning — with the earliest ticket listing a violation time of midnight.

“There are many challenges driving a collection vehicle through the City’s streets & alleys, while watching for pedestrians, bicyclists, scooters, along with vehicular traffic, all of which increase after 7 a.m.,” Waste Management told WTTW News in a statement. “WM’s aim is to adhere to the noise ordinance while providing safe and responsible environmental services.”

https://news.wttw.com/2024/06/27/not-single-illegal-trash-pickup-has-been-cited-8-months-after-streets-and-sanitation-was

https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/09/chicago-cracks-down-nearly-200-illegal-trash-pickups-first-months-enforcement-effort

good design on this Volvo dump truck to place an indicator where the operator can use it

 

a gravel truck I spotted in traffic

 

This dump truck ran on butane, not gasoline. 1941, Shasta Dam

https://www.shorpy.com/node/26558?size=_original#caption

Those angle iron pieces for the protective grill are stout... and looking at this closer, that isn't the hood, that's a steel or iron cover over the hood, to protect it from all the spills and accidental material dropped on it

Linn half track dumptrucks used to make damns in the Tennessee valleys in 1942

For nearly two decades the mighty Linn ‘HafTrak’ was without peer. Approximately 2,500 examples of the ‘torque monster from Morris’ were produced between 1917 and 1948

The Linn proved popular with loggers, miners, contractors and municipalities, serving double duty as a road-building machine during the summer months and a snowplow during the winter. Under ideal conditions company literature claimed the Linn could travel up a 50% incline and some customers, particularly Barrie, VT’s Vermont Marble Co. stated their Linns regularly carried a 20-ton load up a 22% grade.

When equipped with skis a snow-going Linn road train, (1 or 2 Linn tractors towing from 10 to 16 log sleds) could increase productivity 10-fold, with numerous North American logging and mining outfits testifying to their efficiency in Linn advertising. One Linn snow train, operated by the Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., pulled a 120 ton load from their supply depot to its Flin Flon, Manitoba/Saskatchewan, outpost

Linns were also popular in warmer environs, a number of units were exported to the Middle East, as well as the Panama Canal Zone where they were used for canal, roadway and railway maintenance. During the 1930s Linns equipped with 5-10 ton rock bodies were used by contractors engaged in the construction of the Bonneville, Chickamauga, Guntersville and Grand Coulee Dams and helped construct the Canadian Oil (Canol) oil pipeline in Alaska.

From 1929-on Linn was owned by American LaFrance

https://www.shorpy.com/node/27092?size=_original#caption
http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/l/linn_mfg/linn_mfg2.htm

from 2010 to 2019 at least 43 people died and 107 others were injured from crashes involving New York City commercial garbage trucks

Since 2010, all fatal collisions in New York City involving a commercial garbage truck that was stopped and then put into drive, involved a cab with a conventional design. In 2017, the City of New York released its Safe Fleet Transition Plan for government trucks, which called for high vision truck cabs when available.

Side guards are barriers installed on the side of trucks to prevent vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists from sliding under the truck during a side-impact collision. Side guards can result in a 40% reduction in fatalities compared to trucks without this

Technologies like surround cameras, safety lights, automatic braking systems, and additional mirrors can reduce fatalities and injuries. These and other technologies adopted as part of the City of New York’s Safe Fleet Transition Plan for City fleet vehicles can also improve safety for private garbage trucks.

A 2019 law requires the sanitation department to create 20 “commercial waste zones,” and assign as many as three private haulers as the only companies that can pick up garbage from businesses in each area. The new regime was meant to crack down on duplicative routes, safety issues around the current system, and reduce the emissions (between 34% and 62%) of pollutants most closely linked to respiratory illnesses created by truck's exhaust

“Many existing routes are geographically dispersed, often serving several neighborhoods across multiple boroughs,” the study said. “Routes from the same and different carters often overlap along key routes and neighborhood streets, creating duplicative services across the city. For many routes, garages and transfer stations are far from the core service area of the route.”

IAW New York City’s Business Integrity Commission Local Law 145 of 2013, 6,000 heavy-duty vehicles have until Jan. 1 2019 to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2007 diesel emissions standards.

 The commission said that about 30% of trucks covered under the law don’t make the grade. While most trucks that have to meet the new emissions standards handle construction materials and debris, among them are about 1,850 that collect commercial waste, recyclables, medical and food waste, and junk.

In Los Angeles, for example, every private garbage truck is required to be “clean-burning,” using fuel like compressed natural gas. 

If the same standard were applied in New York City, less than 0.1% of private garbage trucks — only five of nearly 6,000 — would be street-ready, Moore said.

Private garbage trucks travel more than 23 million miles in New York City every year, a 2016 city Department of Sanitation and Business Integrity Commission study found.

https://gothamist.com/news/long-overdue-reform-of-nyc-private-trash-collection-hits-another-speed-bump

https://www.nyc.gov/site/dcas/news/21-019/city-roadmap-prevent-injuries-fatalities-caused-commercial-garbage-trucks

https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2019/10/25/21210736/private-trash-carters-on-road-to-missing-emissions-upgrade-deadline

An abandoned Brooklyn garbage truck with no license plates, but a load of stench, was abandoned during a New York heat wave - and the neighborhood (Flatbush, Prospect Park South) quickly had to get city hall moving to get it removed

The truck, which was parked on the intersection of Church Avenue and Marlborough Road for about a week, was tagged with signage made by locals in the neighborhood saying, “We Can’t Breathe,” citing a “disgusting” smell that lingered in the streets.

The city sanitation department is the one that tows away abandoned vehicles, and stated that the garbage truck (wasn't a city unit, it was a privately owned truck) will be dismantled and recycled and the last registered owners will be issued a $250 fine, according to the sanitation department.

And if that doesn't prove how easy it is to get away with dumping your unwanted vehicles, cheaper than paying a junkyard to deal with it, and only getting a 250 dollar fine? Clearly, that's problem owners are aware of to get rid of vehicles they can't sell, and don't want. 

https://gothamist.com/news/mysterious-and-smelly-truck-removed-after-plaguing-brooklyn-community

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brooklyn/comments/14p2w36/this_has_been_at_church_ave_and_marlborough_road/

I went to the nearest public scale to weigh my car, it was at EDCO, a company in waste collection, disposal, and recycling business... and the first dumptruck they started the business with is parked in front with respect

https://la-mesa-city.edcodisposal.com/about-edco/

it's rare that I find a business that USES cool old work trucks on the daily job, it's been a couple years since the last landscaping company with old trucks post, but today Hagerty came across a International that's had 219 deliveries so far in ’23, 347 last year

Geneva Materials runs this 1946 International KB-7, and it's really cool to find this company owner appreciates the old iron, as it was what his dad was using when he was a kid. 

Like any vehicle enthusiast, Ron beams when he talks about the care he’s put into the truck. “Originally, she had an 89-horse gas engine,” he said. “I replaced that with a 6BT Cummins out of a school bus—it’s about 160 horses or so—and backed that up with a six-speed manual. With the 3.70 gears I installed in the two-speed differential, it’ll get almost 11 miles to the gallon.”

Some work days are light, with just three or four deliveries. Others are almost nonstop; a few weeks ago he had 12 in a day. That’s a lot of work for any truck, much less one that’s nearly 80 years old.

Ron's daily driver is a '56 IH truck

https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/hagerty-insider/these-international-trucks-epitomize-working-classics/

The one I remembered was using Mack, Ford and Chevy, in Michigan https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/03/michigan-landscape-company-owner-gow.html

1922 Dump truck design

 https://www.fondazionepirelli.org/archivio-storico/documenti/detail/IT-PIRELLI-MISC0001-0000013845/34-autocarro-trasporto-immondizie-montato-gomme-piene-pirelli-34.html#n

Caterpillar had a 777 dumptruck at CES, to display the operating system

 

they built a platform in the bed of the dumptruck

winch style dump truck, before the simple hydraulic ram was made commonplace

 https://www.facebook.com/EricBrightonNostalgia/photos/194283022967761/

Allison transmission brochure art. I would paint these as murals on a construction company wall in a hot minute. Damn, I wish I'd had these as murals in my bedroom as a kid!

 

https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/AT/id/9986/rec/263

Keystone pedal car dump truck

 

https://www.facebook.com/mecumgonefarmin/photos/2952883604989220

here's a trick piece of gear, Tru Planet's rotating dump truck on tracks

 

those dump trucks are seriously huge

https://www.facebook.com/MiningMishaps/photos/a.1119530458188469/2329786243829545/