Category Archives: Truck Mascots

The Scrapmobile

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Joe_Williams

At the parking lot on 13th Street and Washington Avenue.

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Man in the Yellow Hat, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Joe_Williams

I haven’t had much luck with this category having not spotted a Truck Mascot in quite some time. Private trash haulers are usually good for this urban phenomena of lashing discarded stuffed animals to the grills of their trucks, but … Continue reading →

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Truck Mascots – The Family Guy Edition

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Joe_Williams

I spotted this Truck Mascot on 12th Street in what is known as Center City in Philadelphia. It’s a Peter Griffin doll from Family Guy, and he looks relatively new to wind up as the mascot on a commercial trash … Continue reading →

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The Truck Mascot Christmas Special

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Private refuse collectors get in the spirit of the season with this Christmas-y truck mascot. Nice wreath, fellas! Merry Christmas!

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Truck Mascots – Kermit

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another in our series of Truck Mascots. This time it’s Kermit lashed to the front of a huge commercial garbage truck that we spotted on 9th Street in Philadelphia’s Italian Market.

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Truck Mascots

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a new category dedicated to the phenomena that I call Truck Mascots. This is when drivers or crews of industrial trucks, usually garbage trucks, find a discarded toy stuffed animal and lash it to the grill of their vehicles … Continue reading →

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