Elgin Sweeper Announces Partnership With Heavy-Duty Cab Manufacturer

Elgin Sweeper, a domestic manufacturer of street sweepers for general street maintenance, special industrial and airport applications, announced the formation of a partnership with Autocar LLC, a manufacturer of heavy-duty low cab forward Class 8 trucks used by municipalities, fleets and private haulers. The companies formed this partnership to co-develop and introduce the industry’s first modern Class 7 cabover truck chassis specifically for street sweepers.

“This is truly the industry’s first joint-engineered and fully integrated sweeper with chassis design,” said Brian Giles, Elgin Sweeper products manager. “We are pleased and honored to build Elgin street sweepers on this new Class 7 cabover vehicle platform from Autocar.”

The development process entailed using specific cab/chassis component brands, along with precise placement of cab/chassis components so as not to interfere with the sweeper mounting.

The new Class 7 cabover, bearing the Autocar Xpert nameplate, will be assembled in Autocar’s facility in Hagerstown, Ind., and shipped to Elgin Sweeper’s facility for sweeper mounting. Elgin Sweeper and Autocar shared engineering strategy and CAD data to ensure minimal cab/chassis modification work would be needed once it arrives at Elgin Sweeper.

An Elgin Sweeper Whirlwind mounted on an Autocar Xpert chassis will make its public debut at the 2011 American Public Works Assn.’s International Public Works Congress and Exposition Show taking place Sept. 18 to 21 in Denver.

Source: Elgin Sweeper Inc.