UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D



                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




                        WESTERN POWER & EQUIPMENT CORP.
                                (Name of Issuer)




                     Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value Per Share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)



                                    959221102
                                 (CUSIP Number)



                                Robert Schulman
                          18 Pine Tree Drive Great Neck
                               New York, NY 11024
                             Telephone 516-466-5752
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            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
                     to Receive Notices and Communications)


                                  May 17, 2002
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)



If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  that is the subject of this  Schedule  13D, and is filing this
schedule  because of Rule  13d-1(e),  13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g),  check the following
box. [ ]


The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act.





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CUSIP No. 959221102
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1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

          The Rubin Family Irrevocable Stock Trust  FEID # 11-6502564

2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP  (a)  [  ]   (b)  [x]

3         SEC USE ONLY

4         SOURCE OF FUNDS

          PF


5         CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
          ITEMS 2(D) OR 2(E)  [ ]


6         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

          New York State

Number of               7         SOLE VOTING POWER
Shares Owned                       600,000 shares of common stock
By Each
Reporting
Person
With

                        8         SHARED VOTING POWER
                                  Not applicable

                        9         SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                  600,000 shares of common stock


                        10        SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                  Not applicable

11         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

           600,000 shares

12         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
           [       ]

13         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
           15.4%

14         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
           OO (Trust)





Item 1.  Security and Issuer.

     This  statement  on Schedule  13D (the  "Statement")  relates to the common
stock,  $0.01 par value per share of Western Power & Equipment  Corporation (the
Company) a Delaware corporation,  with its principal executive offices at 6407-B
NE 117th Avenue , Vancouver, Washington 98662.


Item 2.  Identity  and  Background.

     This Statement is being filed by The Rubin Family  Irrevocable Stock Trust,
whose address is 18 Pine Tree Drive,  Great Neck, NY 11024 c/o Robert  Schulman,
Trustee. The Rubin Family Irrevocable Stock Trust is an irrevocable trust formed
under the laws of the State of New York in November 1997.


Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

     The Rubin Family Irrevocable Stock Trust received 600,000 shares of Western
Power & Equipment Corporation's common stock from Robert M. Rubin at no cost.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

     The 600,000 common shares of Western Power & Equipment Corporation received
by The Rubin Family Irrevocable Stock Trust represent a contribution made to The
Trust by Mr. Rubin.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

     As of the Date of the Event, The Rubin Family Irrevocable Stock Trust owned
600,000  shares of the  Company's  common  stock.  The shares owned by The Rubin
Family  Irrevocable  Stock  Trust  as of  the  Date  of  the  Event  represented
approximately 15.4% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.

     The Rubin Family Irrevocable Stock Trust had sole power to vote and dispose
of each of the 600,000 shares of the Company's common stock  beneficially  owned
by The Rubin Family Irrevocable Stock Trust. In the sixty days prior to the date
of this filing The Rubin  Family  Irrevocable  Stock Trust did not engage in any
transactions involving the Company's common stock.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to
Securities of the Issuer.

          None

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

          None

                                    SIGNATURE

     After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my  knowledge  and belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.


Date:    July 1, 2002


                                        THE RUBIN FAMILY IRREVOCABLE STOCK TRUST



                                        /s/  Robert E.Schulman
                                        _______________________________________
                                        By: Robert E. Schulman, Trustee


                                        /s/  Margery Rubin
                                        _______________________________________
                                        By: Margery Rubin, Trustee