![]() ![]() ![]() In the 1950s, the refuse industry finally received a solution to their problem in the form of the Front End Load truck, which offered the first true automated collection method in America. Even though Dempster Brothers had developed a containerized method of refuse collection in 1937, their trucks could only transport one ‘dumpster’ at a time and served as an early role model for the development of the roll-off truck. While they offered a cleaner solution over open dump bodies and had started to gain favor from haulers, they still required a multi-man crew to hand load the garbage. Pre-war technology had already brought forth the bucket-rear loaders with a primitive style of compaction method. Refuse haulers and body manufactures saw the need for a better way to contain and streamline the collection of garbage, especially in bigger cities whose populations were ever-expanding and public health was a growing concern. Many industries grew by leaps and bounds experiencing a technological boom, which created many of the products we still use to this day. Post-World War II, that same tenacity continued and the economy saw a strong growth that was not expected by most skeptics who feared another Depression. The American industry machine went into overdrive during World War II with the entire country dedicated to producing new technologies and weapons to win the war. The story of the most versatile collection truck ever designed. ![]()
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