Autocar has 2018 calendar ready for purchase

Hagerstown, Indiana-based Autocar Trucks has announced the release of its 2018 Autocar Truck Calendar. The calendar can be purchased through the Autocar Gear Store, the company’s online shop for Autocar-branded merchandise.

The calendar features 12 Autocar trucks recently put into service in the United States and Canada from fleet operators such as Toronto-based GFL Environmental and Waste Industries; private haulers including Oregon-based Dahl Disposal Services, Illinois-based Groot Recycling and Waste and Connecticut-based Paine's Inc.; and to municipalities including Kissimmee, Florida and Long Beach, California.

Each photograph is accompanied by a statement from the owner on the attributes and differences that make Autocar the right tool for his business. Mike Seader, vice president of Boulder, Colorado-based Western Disposal Services, states, “[Autocar President] Jim Johnston and the Autocar team are building a true refuse truck. Other trucks are built for lighter vocations and can’t hold up to the stress. The trash industry needs a stronger truck. Autocar looks at what it takes to make a driver comfortable and productive and our only downtime comes from maintenance or predictable wear.”

New to this year’s calendar is a timeline of the history of Autocar, intended to celebrate 120 years of the company’s history. Autocar, founded in 1897, bills itself as the oldest motor vehicle brand in the United States, and as having built America’s first truck in 1899.

Autocar makes and sells Class 8 refuse and recycling trucks, concrete pump trucks, terminal tractors and models for other vocational applications. IT is part of the Highland Park, Illinois-based GVW Group.