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Lodal Lodal manufactures the Lodal Evo series refuse trucks and other products used in the refuse industry.

We are manufacturing in the old Ford Motor Company Plant located in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

I found these the other day when I changed the cover photo. Looks like they had a lot of orders to fill back then. I eve...
05/14/2025

I found these the other day when I changed the cover photo. Looks like they had a lot of orders to fill back then. I even noticed what looks like some of the early LAM bodies in the back ground.

It will be interesting when I find time to see what is on all those movie reels. I am really hoping there is footage of the old Lodal buildings and people assembling the GT Bucket Loaders.

I finally found the actual title/statement of origin in some paperwork I recently moved. I am very positive this is the ...
05/14/2025

I finally found the actual title/statement of origin in some paperwork I recently moved. I am very positive this is the very first truck Lodal built and shipped out to a customer. I love that it says on the title "Return to Lodal" to verify that it is. Serial number 001 was not in the pile of titles I found. This one box had copies of titles from serial number 002 up to 6431 dated 12/15/2000.

Serial numbers 003 through 006 were sold to Container Systems in Daytona Beach Florida.

I also found that the City of Kingsford was the first local customer to purchase S # 101 in May of 1972. They still run 2 Lodals to this day to pick up garbage 4 days a week.

How lucky was I to find it sitting in a junk yard 17 miles away.

While I was cleaning out the really old offices in the back of Lodal I moved some moldy boxes into my pole barn. I didn’...
05/10/2025

While I was cleaning out the really old offices in the back of Lodal I moved some moldy boxes into my pole barn. I didn’t want to bring into my office because of how bad they smelled. Today I am sorting through some of them and came across Ray Brisson’s expense receipts from the late 50’s very cool to look back in time and see how much he traveled to sell Lodals. At that time it was mainly the GT Bucket Loader. This is just a very small part of what I found. I would bet I’m the first person to look at these in 60 years.

Handed in the keys to the Lodal buildings yesterday and I was sad and glad at the same time. I’ve been working steady ov...
05/06/2025

Handed in the keys to the Lodal buildings yesterday and I was sad and glad at the same time. I’ve been working steady over the last 3 months to remove everything I needed/wanted. The final step was to remove the name that has been on the buildings since 1964. Nothing but a ghostly reminder left behind on the front of the building.

This nice 1988 Evo D pulled out in front of me this morning on my way to work. It was purchased by Breitung Township 1/1...
05/06/2025

This nice 1988 Evo D pulled out in front of me this morning on my way to work. It was purchased by Breitung Township 1/14/88 and sold to the dealer for $65,857.00 and had a list price of $70,675.00. I found a news article stating they paid $69,960.00

I was told they currently use it for yard waste. Hard to believe that a 37 year old Lodal is still out working.

This was on the drawing board when we closed. I wonder how many of these we could have sold😂😂
04/13/2025

This was on the drawing board when we closed. I wonder how many of these we could have sold😂😂

Found a couple more cool artifacts while cleaning out the Lodal buildings. Some maps listing all the Lodal Dealers Newe...
04/13/2025

Found a couple more cool artifacts while cleaning out the Lodal buildings. Some maps listing all the Lodal Dealers Newer one has 1987 but can’t find the date on old one.

Happy New Year everyone!! Cheers to everyone following me along my crazy Lodal life. Hard to believe another year gone b...
01/02/2025

Happy New Year everyone!!

Cheers to everyone following me along my crazy Lodal life.

Hard to believe another year gone by so fast. I’m doing my best to make 2025 a year to remember. 😎

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620 N HOOPER Street
Kingsford, MI
49802

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