Classic Refuse Trucks E-Z PACK

M-150/M-200/C-200/HC-250 Rear Loaders

1978 E-Z Pack HC-250

By late 1978, the E-Z Pack rear loader once again underwent a significant revision. The basic slide-sweep method was retained, as were the "pusher" cylinders that operated the sweep panel. But now, the slide and sweep panels were of more-or-less equal size, and the slide cylinders were relocated to the inside of the hopper, above and parallel to the panel.

Revised E-Z pack rear loaders now had slide cylinders (yellow highlights) mounted inside the tailgate structure

Along with the redesign came a shuffling of model designations. The HC-300 (3 yard hopper) was replaced by the HC-250 (2.5 yard hopper) available with a 20 or 25 cubic yard body. The mid-range C-200 (2 yard hopper) could be had with a 17, 20 or 25 yard box. The nearly identical M-200 was presumably an entry level, light duty version on the C-200.

An all-new model, the M-150 (1.5 cubic yard body) rounded out the new line as the compact model, with a choice of either a 10 or 14 yard body. The new lineup would remain in production through the 1990's, even as a new bulk packer, the Goliath, debuted in 1984. This design has also been sold around the world by various manufacturers, including USIMECA (Brazil) and McDonald-Johnston Engineering (Australia). The E-Z Pack badged models appear to have been phased out shortly after introduction of the Apollo model, a smaller version of Goliath.

A C-200D from 1984. The C-200 remained in production as the mid-range companion model to the new Goliath

M-150 handled scattered routes/missed stops with a 10 or 14 yard body

Fleet of rear loaders on International Loadstar chassis at the Galion factory lot, circa 1978

A 1983 model C-200 model offered for sale recently

Above: Australian built version of the E-Z Pack built by MacDonald Johnston Engineering Ltd.
Model JP6 (courtesy of Mitch Marinic)

Above: Another MJE JP6 eating a couch (courtesy of Stevo Di Battista)

10/4/09