Classic Refuse Trucks LOAD-MASTER

1986-1992 (Continued)

In 1990, Hackney Industries sold Loadmaster to Raleigh, North Carolina-based investor group Waste Disposal Equipment Acquisition Corporation (WDEAC). This group also controlled Rand Automated Compaction Systems, a conglomerate formed from the former EMCO and Truxmore, which were producing automated and manual side side loaders and roll-offs. The Loadmaster name was adopted for the entire group, with headquarters being located at Loadmaster's Culpeper factory. This led to some new products now wearing the Loadmaster nameplate: an all-new recycler body was added, in keeping with industry trends that year, and the Rand Challenger ASL wound up wearing Loadmaster badges.

The 100 series went through another upgrade in 1990, becoming the LM-100HC Edge. Most of the features of the LM-100 MEGA were retained, with a strengthened packer panel hinge and an ever-expanding hopper structure. The critical compaction area of the body (directly ahead of the tailgate) was constructed of ten gauge steel. The bulkier styling of the Edge was by now blurring the line between the LM-100 and LM-400 series, which may have been intentional. Body sizes remained at 18 through 31 cubic yards. All of this came to nought as the new company soon became insolvent, and was doomed to be liquidated. In 1992, David Brisson bought what remained, and would move the company to Michigan for a new beginning up north.

The all-new Loadmaster LM-125HC "Edge" with Tag Axle

This 1991 model Loadmaster Edge (with tailgate damage) was among the last bodies built at the Culpeper plant

LM-125 HC Edge on container route in Colorado (video courtesy of Trashman242)

A 1990 version of the base-model LM-120, the lower-cost alternative to the Edge

The brutish LM-400 series continued with few changes other than slight modifications to the packer panel bracing

The legendary packer of the 400 series made it a favorite of demolition waste contractors

Very rare 1991 Loadmaster Enviromaster recycler body

The first Loadmaster ASL was a slightly updated Rand Challenger body wearing Loadmaster badges

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