CRT News Update, Winter 2008 (Page 4) Click the Button to return to Page 3 
WE continue with some more vintage pictures from Tim Byrne of UK Dempster Dumpster and Dinosaur photos. In the early 1960's, Dempster was one of the first American companies to aggressively target the British market through an arrangement with Powell Duffryn Engineering Co. Ltd., Cardiff, Wales, to build their line of truck equipment. Most of the images here appear to be from the 1960's, and Tim tells us that they came from " ...a company called 'Beat Waste' that was swallowed up years ago, by probably 'Wimpey Waste' and were left in the drawer of the Depot Managers desk at the [now] 'Biffa' Hull Depot." A nice find indeed, Tim! Thanks for sharing these with CRT. 
A pair of pictures showing a Commer fitted with the popular LFW type hoist, which made Dempster famous, handling two different style Dumpster boxes. 
With the Dumpster container clear of the pit, the truck can now lower it to the ground and remove the extension chains, and reconnect to carry it the conventional manner to the disposal point 
A beautiful Foden Fleetmaster, made more so with a nice three-tone paint scheme! It carries a Dempster Dinosaur sliding-hook hoist with detachable box. You can imagine the pride that the operator must have felt driving this rig. 
The Dinosaur in action: this is not like conventional roll-off frames in that it uses a ratchet-action bail that engages and disengages multiple hooks on the bottom of the bin. With this method it could both push and pull the container, allowing it to unload level on loading docks. 
Finally, we have a Heil/Telehoist Load Lugger on a Commer chassis with a 'skip' partially loaded. At the time this was probably taken, USA based Heil had only recently acquired Load-Lugger from Borg-Warner. The Load-Lugger was originally developed in the 1930's by Books Equipment, which operated in Dempster's backyard of Knoxville, Tennessee. Heil continues to build refuse equipment for the UK market at Dunfermline, Scotland. The UK and Europe are perhaps unique in that they have widely used adaptations of the Load-Lugger hoist on heavy-duty rear load packer trucks, as we saw in Tim's previous photo set (page 3). In the USA, overhead reeving hoists and drum winches typically are used for rear load containers. With that, we will wrap up the winter update at CRT. Thank you all for you interest in Classic Refuse Trucks, and a special thanks to all of our generous contributors this edition. The next scheduled update will be April 6th. Eric Voytko January 6, 2008 Click Button To Return to Page 3
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