Keller und Knappich, Augsburg (KUKA) by Michel Ferro Beginning in 1927, KUKA began building rotary drum garbage trucks. Through 1949, they sold 1200 garbage trucks of this first type. 1934 KUKA, Augsburg 1935 mechanical drawings (left) and 1938 door and helical vane detail (right) 1935 KUKA bodies on Mercedes-Benz truck chassis 1939 KUKA 7/2/06 © 2006 Eric Voytko All rights reserved Photos from factory brochures/advertisements except as noted Logos shown are the trademarks of respective manufacturers