Load-Packer LP700


This was Gar Wood's first full eject model, and the tailgate design reverted to that of the LP500 with radial sidewall braces and a ribbed packer panel powered by "pusher" cylinders. Like the LP500, it had independent tailgate lift cylinders, but for the first time they were mounted externally on the upper sidewalls. The cover on the right side of the tailgate was to protect the control linkage, and first appeared on late model LP600's. Though these trucks are nearly extinct in the U.S, the method is still popular in Asia on the Fuji Mighty as well as the Dae Kyung Route Pack/Clean Pack series.





8/1/04

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