Spartan Truck Manufacturing Inc.
Sun Valley, California

    In 1972, Spartan Truck Equipment was founded by John Germain, a relative and former employee of Vince Bowles. The company made roll-offs and trailers, and in the 1970s produced a front loader very similar to that of Bowles. Recently, the company has added an automated side loader (ASL) body to the lineup called the Spartan 300, and has opened a branch factory at Casa Grande, Arizona.


70s Spartan front loader, with inside-the-body lift arm cylinders



70s Spartan front loader is similar in appearance to the Bowles 'horizontal brace' style



1970s: Spartan roll-off front loader



Spartan's Titan roll-off from 2010



The latest: Spartan 300 ASL


REFERENCES

Vintage Spartan Literature in PDF at the Classic Refuse Trucks Library





7/5/24

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