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Early Wayne Side Loaders 
1967 Wayne Mighty-Pack on International Harvester light-duty chassis Mighty Pack was initially offered as a 10-cubic yard side loader for use on a one-ton truck chassis. It featured a single stage packer ram with a scissor-type linkage which extended the panel stroke beyond that of the ram itself. Packer control was via a pushbutton electric panel. The debut model also featured a manual container lift for dumping 55-gallon barrels, or a specially-designed Wayne wheeled refuse cart. The light-duty, small-capacity refuse body market was growing, especially since the bigger manufactures seldom offered anything besides truncated versions of their full-size models. Companies like Wayne (and their nearby rival New-Way) would succeed in making bodies to supplement collection fleets needing a scatter-route truck, as well as small independent haulers who needed a packer truck with a reasonable initial cost. Wayne grew the Mighty Pack family with addition of a trailerized version, and a larger 13-yard model. The Honey Bee was a 10-yard packer mounted to a truck with flotation tires, for use on beaches and in parks. By 1970, the Compactainer was introduced, a portable stationary packer with its own gasoline or battery-electric power supply. A Wayne 20,000 pound capacity roll-off did the lifting and spotting, and had PTO-driven power supply for packer operation by the truck. Early-on, the name Wayne Engineering Corporation (WEC) began being featured, later shortened to simply Wayne, with Mighty Pack becoming one of many model names. The Wayne Pick-Up Packer (PUP) was a breakthrough design, a six-yard packer which could be mounted inside the bed of a 3/4 ton pickup, and removed easily. The packing blade was powered by two single-stage cylinders in crossed configuration. Light and affordable, these were soon joined by the Satellite PUP, which added the ability to discharge directly into rear loading packer truck. 
10-yard Mighty Pack on Ford F-350 chassis with 55-gallon drum lift 
13-yard Mighty Pack on 1-1/2 ton Ford F-500 chassis 
Early Wayne side loaders used a single pack/eject ram with scissor linkage 
Lefty: 10-yard Compactainer. Right;13-yard Mighty Pack with Olsen walk-thru cab 
13-yard Mighty Pack mated with a DIVCO walk-in chassis 
13-yard Mighty Pack on an International Harvester 
10-yard Mighty Pack showing door and fold-down panel 
6-yard Wayne Pickup Packer (PUP) on its legs, for storage or as a stationary packer 
Winding the PUP onto a Ford F-250 pickup bed 
Collecting and packing the load 
Discharge at disposal area 
Wayne 20,000 pound roll-off for the Compactainer system 
Satellite PUP could raise rear of unit to meet tailgate of a rear-loading 'Mother Truck" 
Door raises hydraulically, and load is transferred to a rear loader 
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