The solid waste management department for the city of Albuquerque, N.M., is adding 32 new Xpeditors to its fleet,
continuing a pattern that began in 1995 when the city ordered its first trucks through the local Autocar dealer, Trucks West of New Mexico.
"They've got about 200 trucks picking up trash now, and this sale means Xpeditors will make up more than 60% of them," said Tony Martinez, governmental sales representative at Trucks West of New Mexico. "They've ordered nothing but Xpeditors since they got their first ones."
According to Martinez, Albuquerque will be receiving eight Xpeditor WXLL42s equipped with Amrep manual side loader bodies; 12 WX64s with New Way front loaders; and 12 WXR64s with Wittke automatic side loaders.
"The bid also included four trucks for the city of Santa Fe, two for the city of Gallup and two more for the city of Las Cruces," he said. "That brings the total to 40 trucks and the city of Roswell has four WX42s with Heil bodies on order."
Martinez said other cities in New Mexico are also looking at Xpeditors for their fleets under separate bids. He estimates that potential Trucks West Xpeditor sales could reach 60 units before the year is over.
"The success of the Xpeditor in New Mexico is based on the fact we'll build trucks to their specs, on the easy serviceability of the trucks and our solid product support," Martinez said.
Autocar LLC of Hagerstown, Ind., is a manufacturer and marketer of low-cab-over-engine (LCOE) Class 8 trucks. The company's products are sold into an array of heavy vocational truck markets, primarily in refuse and waste disposal. Autocar is a wholly owned subsidiary of Grand Vehicle Works Holdings, LLC of Highland Park, Ill.