CRT News Update, Summer 2008 (Page 2) Next, courtesy of Dana Gregory. are some classics from Wayne Engineering of Cedar Falls, Iowa Wayne introducted the screw-auger rear loader to America in the form of the Gruncher in 1976, though the concept never caught on as it had across the Atlantic Using a unique track and link design, the Lobo revisited the 1950's Leach Packmaster in that it used only two cylinders for packing and tailgate lift functions. It was the smaller builders that led the charge toward automation, and firms like Wayne stayed competetive by building innovative designs mostly unavailable from the big manufacturers. This late seventies Curbtender was one of the first available regular-production Automated Side Loaders, and unlike Gruncher and Lobo , it was a popular seller and is still in production. Here's a look at a modern Curbtender used by Phoenix, Arizona, courtesy of Ron Keshishian The city should be getting ad revenue from the unusual paint job on this recycler! And now from England's Tim Byrne we have some more classics from his massive collection Semi-automated, dustless loading systems were virtually unheard of in America in the mid 1960s, but the technology was by then already 'old hat' in England and Europe. This 1966 Shelvoke & Drewry Pakamatic is mounted on a Ford D-Series cabover, and is fitted with an optional dual tipper system By the end of the 1970s, with increasing competition from imported US and European slide-sweep designs, Eagle introduced the very-conventional Phoenix series. The Phoenix was a departure from virtually every Eagle refuse truck that preceded it. Even after consolidating operations with Dennis Brothers, the Phoenix has remained a best-selling UK rear loader, and has enjoyed a very long production run Dennis-Eagle has carried on the British tradition of building complete refuse vehicles, rather than just building bodies for use on proprietary chassis Shelvoke & Drewry also built complete vehicles, such as this later model Revopak. This probably dates from the late 1980s after their purchase by Dempster, when these were badged as Shelvoke-Dempster. However, the famous Revo design dates to the late 1960s This is equipped with a lifter for the so-called Palladin bins. Note the windows in the hopper enclosure, allowing the operator to see when the hopper was sufficiently cleared for the next charge of refuse A Shelvoke-Dempster heavy duty front loader on Volvo F7 eight wheel, twin steer chassis. This body is virtually identical to the US product Another of Hemmings' Dempsters hoisting a container... ...and up-ending it over the hopper opening A Hemmings six wheel FL with the lighter-duty body, showing the hopper cover opened. The side panels on the cover helped reduce wind-blown and scattered refuse Continued... © 2008 Eric Voytko All Rights Reserved Logos shown are the trademarks of respective manufacturers Photos from factory brochures/trade advertisements except as noted