Heil Conveyor 1942 Heil Conveyor 21 cubic yard semi-tailer used by Milwaukee, Wisconsin Heil was one of at least three contractors who built the Kurtz conveyor bodies for the City of New York, supplying most on Autocar cabover chassis. By 1939, Heil was building their own patented variation of the NYC loader, but with a unique dual side opening hopper. Milwaukee and Chicago were among the bigger users of the Heil Conveyor, with some models being constructed as semi-trailers. Like the Kurtz DSNY bodies, the Heil Conveyor was not a true refuse packer, but rather and enclosed body with a mechanical loading means. Auxiliary compaction was eventually offered on the Conveyo-Pak model. As novel as they were in their time, conveyor loaders were complex and noisy machines, prone to wear and in need of frequent maintenance. The cost and complexity undoubtedly prevented many cash-strapped communities from buying these beasts. Duel side openings allowed two men to load at the same time 8/2/04 (revised 1/4/09) © 2004 Eric Voytko All Rights Reserved Photos from factory brochures/advertisements except as noted Logos shown are the trademarks of respective manufacturers