The Autocar Xpeditor is the low cab-forward truck that the marque took over from White. Autocar’s own first use of the cab was the Construcktor 2 of 1977; the Xpeditor then became a model name for the WX and WXLL cabovers, and the line continues today as the ACX severe-duty cabover.
Autocar Xpeditor at a glance
| Maker | Autocar |
|---|---|
| Cab origin | White Motor Corporation |
| First Autocar use | Construcktor 2, 1977 |
| Cab type | Low cab-forward, flat front |
| Cabover models | WX and WXLL, 2001–2009 |
| WXLL | low-entry version of the WX |
| Current model | ACX class 8 severe-duty cabover |
| Owner since 2001 | GVW Group |
| Xpert | medium-duty vocational series since 2012 |
| Main work | refuse, dump, road maintenance |
There is no Wikipedia article on the Xpeditor; the page is based on the two marque articles. The photo shows a 2017 ACX with a front-loader refuse body.
History of the Autocar Xpeditor
A cab from White
The Xpeditor cab was developed by White, the company that had owned Autocar since 1953. Autocar first put it on one of its own trucks in 1977, when the Construcktor 2 appeared with the newly launched White cab instead of the traditional Autocar Driver Cab. The same cab was then used on the ACL and ACM conventionals from 1988, so by the 1990s it was the familiar Autocar face on severe-duty work.
The WX and WXLL years
In 2001 Volvo, then the owner of Autocar, bought the North American operations of Renault Trucks and with them Mack. To avoid an excessive share of the refuse truck market, Volvo agreed to sell the designs of the Xpeditor low cab-forward severe-duty products, the related intellectual property and the Autocar brand to the GVW Group of Highland Park, Illinois. Under GVW the Xpeditor was sold as the WX cabover and the WXLL low-entry cabover, both built from 2001 to 2009.
The ACX today
After the WX and WXLL, the line continued as the ACX, a class 8 severe-duty cabover. Autocar builds it for refuse, dump and road-maintenance work: paint stripers, heavy-duty street sweepers and water blasters are among the bodies fitted. In 2017 the company opened a second plant of 1.2 million square feet in Birmingham, Alabama, where the trucks are now made, and since 2012 it has also built the medium-duty Xpert (ACMD) vocational series.
Design and features
- Low cab-forward layout: a flat-fronted cab over the engine, giving a short wheelbase and good visibility in tight yards.
- Refuse-truck mainstay: the Xpeditor became the standard chassis for refuse bodies in North America.
- WXLL low-entry version: a low-floor cabover for crews who step in and out all day.
- Vocational bodies: refuse, dump, sweeper, paint striper and water blaster bodies were all fitted to the ACX.
Autocar Xpeditor versions
- Construcktor 2 (1977): the first Autocar with the Xpeditor cab, a conventional rather than a cabover.
- ACL and ACM (1988–2001): conventionals that used the same cab.
- WX (2001–2009): the cabover Xpeditor.
- WXLL (2001–2009): the low-entry cabover Xpeditor.
- ACX: the current class 8 severe-duty cabover.
The Xpeditor cab came from the Construcktor 2 and was shared with the ACL. The long-haul side of the range was the AT64F. More trucks of the marque are in the Autocar collection.
Video: Consolidated Disposal Service – Autocar Xpeditor Double Dumping McNeilus Autoreach
Video by Solid Waste Entertainment on YouTube.
Sources
- Autocar Company, English Wikipedia: Xpeditor cab, WX and WXLL dates, ACX, 2001 sale, Xpert
- Autocar (Fahrzeugmarke), German Wikipedia: sale of the brand with the Xpeditor, later production
