Advance Axle & Trailer Company
Los Angeles, California
ADVANCE ACCUMULATOR
Production of the Advance Accumulator rubbish body is believed to have commenced during the 1950s. A 1955 patent by Leslie W. Tracy of Los Angeles is most likely the same body, although it is unknown if Tracy was associated with Advance Axle. These were large, open-top bodies with a hydraulically powered trolley which raised a loading trough from the rear, and and then rolled it along the top for even discharge throughout. These self-loading bodies were less expensive than packer units, but could load safer and hold more refuse than manually-loaded trucks. Similar designs were also built during this time by Ray Gaskin Services and Visco-Benz
The earliest known address for Advance Axle was 2430 Crystal Street in Los Angeles. By the late 1960s or early 1970s, the company had moved four miles south to 322 Avenue 17, and was known to have built rendering bodies and a rail-lift compaction front loader. When the company ceased operations is unknown.
Advance Accumulator owned by Culver City in 1959
George Nazaroff Sr. of A & B Disposal operates an Advance Accumulator
(Photo courtesy of A & B Disposal by way of Zachary Geroux)
RENDERING BODIES
A compartmented version was tailored to the rendering industry, with a three-position adjustable body divider. Attachments would handle barrels for semi-liquid wastes, or a plain box for meat scraps and bones.
FRONT LOADERS
Advance adapted their rail-trolley lift system to a front load packer body during the 1960s, as shown below:
SELECTED PATENTS
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Patent # |
Description |
Inventor |
Assignee |
Date |
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US2798621A |
Vehicle Loading Device (possibly Advance Axle) |
Tracy |
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July 21, 1955 |
6/12/15 (updated 8/21/21)
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