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ELKINS The City of Elkins is purchasing a new garbage truck after accepting a bid from Newlons International Sales of Elkins.
Elkins City Council voted unanimously at its most recent meeting to purchase the new truck for $182,603.
“It is an International truck,” Elkins Operation Manager Bob Pingley said before the vote. “We’ve gone to automatic transmission in those kind of trucks, that’s pretty much standard equipment that we normally get.”
The Easy Pack G400 Sanitation Truck will be modified as part of the purchase agreement. It will be “painted to match the City of Elkins garbage trucks” and “unit lettered to the City of Elkins specifications,” according to city documents.
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A city of Elkins truck plows snow on Graham Street in Elkins during a snow storm last year. The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley
One of the City of Elkinsâ salt trucks backs into the salt shed at the Central Garage on Baxter Street on Friday. The city starts the snow season with 100 tons of salt to use on the streets of Elkins.
The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley
One of the City of Elkinsâ salt trucks backs into the salt shed at the Central Garage on Baxter Street on Friday. The city starts the snow season with 100 tons of salt to use on the streets of Elkins.