Lacre St. Albans, Hertfordshire     Lacre was a pioneering manufacturer of motor tucks in Britain, and later developed a road sweeper using their own chassis. By 1952, Lacre ceased complete vehicle production and instead used Bedford chassis for their sweepers. By the mid-1970s, the company became distributors for the USA-designed Leach Packmaster refuse bodies, which appear to have been built in America and imported. Both the Standard Packmaster and the commercial 2-R versions were badged as Lacre-Leach or simply Lacre Packmasters.     In 1989, Lacre acquired Powell Duffryn Engineering, and merged their own refuse truck sales with their subsidiary under the name Lacre PDE. The American E-Z Pack Hercules were sold under this name, joined later by Dutch Geesink GPM rear loaders badged as Vulture. Lacre Leach Packmaster Lacre Packmaster on Ford D-Series standard cab The Lacre Packmaster shown bulk loading, hoisting standard commercial containers or round Palladin bins Lacre 2-R Packmaster with overhead winch tipping and 8-yard container Big 31-yard 2-R on Foden twin-steer, circa 1981, from a Lacre brochure of the time... ...the same truck decades later, with blue paint and a new life on the island of Malta Lacre PDE Hercules front loader (E-Z Pack) 9/18/16 © 2016 All Rights Reserved Logos shown are the trademarks of respective manufacturers Photos from factory brochures/trade advertisements except as noted