Classic Speedie Waste Photos

Photos of classic Speedie Waste equipment. Photos taken circa 90's.
You will see some Mack MR's, Volvo F7 and FL7's, Ford Cargo's and ACCO's, fitted with Dempster FL bodies, MacDonald Johnston FL/RL bodies, and FL bodies built buy Speedie Waste themselves.

Photo's in order:

1.Collex -- 1981 Mack MR /Speedie Waste Engineering FL.
2. Speedie Waste -- 1980 Volvo F7 / Dempster FL and 1980 Volvo F7 / Speedie Waste Enginnering FL.
3. Collex and Speedie Waste -- 1981 Mack MR /Speedie Waste Engineering FL.
4. Speedie Waste -- 1981 Mack MR / Speedie Waste Engineering Controls.
5. Speedie Waste -- 1986 International ACCO / MacDonald Johnston JP6.
6. Speedie Waste -- 1986 International ACCO / MacDonald Johnston JP6.
7. Speedie Waste -- Ford Cargo / MacDonald Johnston FL.
8. Speedie Waste -- 1996 Volvo FL7 / MacDonald Johnston MNL.
9. Speedie Waste Engineering FL under construction.
10. Speedie Waste -- 1981 Mack MR / Speedie Waste Engineering FL.
11. Old Speedie Waste FL body.
12. Old style Speedie bin.
13. MacDonald Johnston engineer/mechanic inspects a brand new 2001 Iveco ACCO / MJ FL4 combo. (Unit 36, still in service, rebuild 2010)
14. Old Volvo FL7 cab/chassis that was used for parts. The compactor was removed after a fire broke out.
15. Speedie Waste - Volvo FL7 / Speedie Waste Engineering FL.
16. Speedie Waste -- Ford Cargo / old MacDonald Johnston FL (used for recycling collection)
17. Speedie's 1981 Mack MR / Speedie Waste Engineering FL.
18. The Mack MR / Speedie Waste FL body and the 2x Volvo F7's fitted with a Dempster and the other with a Speedie Waste body.
19. A Speedie Waste body during its final steps of being built.
20. A 2001 model ACCO / MacDonald Johnston FL4 at 2 weeks old (Unit 36, still in service, rebuild 2010)
21, Old Unit #25, a 1988 ACCO/JP5 body.
22. Papas demo truck, fitted to a Volvo FL6 chassis.
23. Washing the Mack MR / Speedie Waste body.
24. Looking through the Workshop. On the left is a Volvo F7/Dempster combo, and a Volvo F7/Speedie Waste body.
25. Another photo of the Ford Cargo / MacDonald Johnston FL.
26. Top of an MNL model FL, made by MacDonald Johnston. (Note the Speedie Waste FL body in the background).

Also a photo I forgot to include, is a very classic truck. A very old Mack, look here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaandooo/4588841236/in/photostream

Have a look at my photos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaandooo

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Volvo F7 and FL7's
• Ford Cargo's and ACCO's
• fitted with Dempster FL bodies

[tharealsteven]

Wicked compilation bro!

[laserkeyboard]

@tharealsteven - thanks bro! :D

[3amrepmike3]

very nice pics! Wasn't aware the Mack MR made it out there. Also a bit strange to see a ford logo on a garbage truck, thats almost unheard of in the states. Very nice trucks in these pics, older ribbed body truck always grabbed my attention considerably more.

[laserkeyboard]

@3amrepmike3 - Yeah, the Mack MR's were used just as much for FL's as they are in the States. Were very popular over there. There were also a few Kenworth's, the ones that had the Pete 320 shape. The Ribbed body's have to be my favourite's over today's rounded world of compactor's haha. Thanks very much Mike!

[3amrepmike3]

@laserkeyboard yea, I recently saw a picture of a Kenworth L700 front loader that tharealsteven showed me, they sure looked awesome. Any areas where those Mack MRs still roam around? Like the small haulers out in the middle of nowhere? Out here if you go out into the lower population states, the olldd trucks are still found out there working hard. As for the modern compactors, they all look so damn similar.. several mfg. out here have trucks that only a name plate can tell you the difference..

[laserkeyboard]

@3amrepmike3 - Oh yeah, there are only a few L700's around, all done up looking brand new! But with the MR's, not that ive seen. I know that Veolia (Collex) still run some in Tasmania, but thats a different state haha.

[Binboy97]

Love the Macks. You have a lot of old trucks there.

[MitchellM15]

Brilliant collection of pictures! How long did Speedie make their own bodies for? They've got cool designs, particularly the Mack with the slanted ribs on the body. My favourite shots would have to be 1:15 / 2:00 / 2:48. This is what I'd love to see more of on YouTube / Flickr; some classic Aussie machinery - thanks a million for sharing these.