REFUSE BODY MANUFACTURERS

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HAGIE MFG. CO.
Clarion, Iowa
United States

CRT Code: HG
Products: Tidy-Bug satellite refuse vehicle
Built: 1970s
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Bought by HEIL (1976), production continued as the Colecto-Cub
HALLER
Berlin, Germany
Division of Groupe Zoeller

CRT Code: HA
Products: RL, SL Refuse Bodies
Built: 1950s?-present
Web Site: Haller Website
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HANANS
Australia

CRT Code: HN
Products: FL Refuse Bodies
Built: 1980s?-?
Web Site:
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HAUL-ALL
Lethbridge, Alberta
Canada

CRT Code: HL
Products: RL, SL refuse bodies
Built: 1970s?-present
Web Site: Haul-All Website
CRT Articles: Side Loaders

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HEIL
Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Chattanooga, Tennessee
and Phoenix, AZ
United States

CRT Code: HE

Worldwide:
Heil Europe (UK)
C-P Heil (Thailand)
Products: FL/RL/SL refuse bodies, container carriers, stationary packers, trailers, satellite refuse vehicle
Built: 1930s-present
Web Site: Heil USA Website   Heil Europe Website

CRT Articles: Heil Album

Notes: built under contract; COLECTO (1920s) and NYC KURTZ CONVEYOR (1930s-40s)

Acquisitions: COLECTO (1945), LOAD-LUGGER (1961), HAGIE (1976), GAR WOOD-Refuse (1979), LITTER-LIFT (1980), PEERLESS, RAPID RAIL (1990),

Ownership: Dover Corporation (1993)
HELICO
France
See Grange Freres
HELIX CORP.
Crown Point, Indiana
United States

CRT Code: HX
Products: Tite-Pak SL refuse body
Built: 1971-72
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Cobey Album

Notes: Purchased by Harsco Corp. in early 1970s, and re-badged as COBEY Helix in 1973
HERCULES
Hercules Steel Products
Galion, Ohio
United States
See E-Z Pack
HERMAN BODY CO.
St. Louis, Missouri
United States

CRT Code: HR
Products: Ram-Pak RL refuse body
Built: 1954-1957
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Daybrook Album

Notes: Built refuse body designed by George B. Wood. Rights to this body acquired by DAYBROOK (1957), who continued as the Power Packer. Also supplied forward-control walk-in cab coach work for BOWLES
HESSTON CORP.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
United States

CRT Code: HC
Products: Small SL body, roll off
Built: 1970s
Web Site:
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HFAISTOS STEFANOU
Greece

CRT Code: HS
Products: RL refuse bodies (Norba & FAUN)
Built: ?- present
Web Site: Hfaistos-Stefanou Website
CRT Articles:

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HIGHWAY TRAILER INDUSTRIES
Stoughton, Wisconsin
United States

CRT Code: HT
Products: Rear conveyor loader
Built: 1930s
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Highway Trailer Album

Notes: Along with Gar Wood and Heil, believed to have contract-built NYC KURTZ CONVEYOR in late 1930s
HKM
Kwangju City, Korea

CRT Code: HK
Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: ?-present
Web Site:
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HOLMES-OWEN
Ernest Holmes Co.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
United States

CRT Code: HM
Products: Front bucket load attachment
Built: 1950s-1960s
Web Site:
CRT Articles: U.S Front Loader Development   Dempster Album

Notes: Loader attachment that was the basis for the first DEMPSTER front loader in 1955
HUFFERMAN
Wildeshausen, Germany

CRT Code: HU
Products: FL/SL/RL refuse bodies
Built: ?-present
Web Site: Hufferman Website
CRT Articles:

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HYDEPAK / HYD-PAK
Fort Worth, Texas
United States

CRT Code: HP
Products: SL & RL refuse bodies
Built: 1955-1977?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Hyd-Pak Album

Notes: Name changed from HYDEPAK to HYD-PAK in 1960
Ownership: Hobbs Trailer/ subsidiary of Fruehauf (1958)
HYDRO-LOADER

See STRATTON EQUIPMENT CO.
HYGIENURBA
France

CRT Code: H1X
Products: Rotary drum refuse body, possibly KUKA designed
Built: 1934
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: See An Illustrated History of Dustcarts (Sheryn), page 51
HYKAP INC.
Chicago, Illinois
United States

CRT Code: HY
Products: Rear bucket loader attachment
Built:1950s
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: May have built truck body as well
IGSA
Industrias Gonzales S.A.
Cuautitlan Izcalli,
Mexico

CRT Code: IG
Products: SL Refuse bodies
Built:1970s?-?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Built Pak-Mor H-series circular SL
IMPAC

See PENDPAC
INCOMOL
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
United Kingdom

CRT Code: IC
Products: RL refuse bodies (VDK)
Built: 1980s?-present
Web Site: Incomol Website
CRT Articles:

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INDUSTRIAL TOOL & DIE
Peoria, Illinois
United States

CRT Code: IT
Products: Rear bucket-load refuse bodies
Built: 1950s-?
Web Site:
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INPAK
Drummondville, Quebec
Canada

CRT Code: IN
Products: SL packer body
Built: 2011-present
Web Site: Inpak Website
CRT Articles:

Notes: All-aluminum circular body
INUZUKA MFG.
Japan


CRT Code: IZ
Products: Rear load refuse bodies
Built: 1954-?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Built version of early Heil Colectomatic
JACK ALLEN MOTOR BODIES
Birmingham, England

CRT Code: JA
Products: RL refuse bodies (mostly HEIL)
Built: c1969-2000
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Jack Allen Album

Notes: Bought by DENNIS-EAGLE
JAEGER CANADA LTD.
St. Thomas, Ontario
Canada

CRT Code: JG
Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1980s-1990s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Sold DENNIS-EAGLE Phoenix RL body for Canadian market
JUMPING BEAN
El Segundo, California
United States

CRT Code: JB
Products: Conveyor bag loader attachment
Built: 1970s
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Limited production/experimental
K-PAC
Stellar Industries
Hutchinson, Kansas
United States

CRT Code: KN
Products: Roll-offs
Built: ?-present
Web Site: K-PAC Website
CRT Articles:

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KANN MFG.
Guttenburg, Iowa
United States

CRT Code: KN
Products: FL,SL & RL refuse bodies, recycling bodies
Built: 1987-present
Web Site: Kann Website
CRT Articles:

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KAOUSSIS
Athens, Greece

CRT Code: KS
Products: RL refuse bodies, container carriers, transfer stations
Built: 1969-present
Web Site: Kaoussis Website
CRT Articles: Rotary Refuse Bodies

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KEYSTONE EQUIPMENT CO.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States

CRT Code: KE
Products: Rotary-drum refuse bodies
Built: 1940s-?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Rotary Refuse Bodies

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KLIKO
Netherlands

CRT Code: KL
Products: RL refuse bodies (KUKA)
Built: 1970s?-1990s?
Web Site:
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KNIERIM
Germany?

CRT Code: KM
Products: K3 Compact RL
Built: 1970s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: CRT Video

Notes: Believed to have been a license-built version of the Kyokuto Press Packer design
KNIGHT MOTOR CORP.
Osage, Iowa
United States

CRT Code: KT
Products: Satellite refuse vehicle
Built: 1970s
Web Site:
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KOBIT S.R.O.
Jicin, Czech Republic

CRT Code: KB
Products: RL/SL refuse bodies,
Built: 1992-present
Web Site: Kobit Website
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KOMMASH
Mtsensk Engineering
Orel Region, Russia

CRT Code: KM
Products: RL refuse bodies, container carriers
Built: 1950s?-present
Web Site: Kommash Website
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KRAUS MFG.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
United States

CRT Code: KK
Products: Small SL refuse body
Built: 1970s
Web Site:
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KRUPP
Essen, Germany

CRT Code: KR
Products: RL screw-type refuse bodies, fore & aft tipper
Built: 1920s-1960s?
Web Site:
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KSG
Kraus & Schollhorn GmbH
Augsburg, Germany


CRT Code: KG
Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1980-1989
Web Site:
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Notes: Produced Europress 900 & 1000 series RL (Gar Wood LP900 & LP10 00). Series now built by FAUN as Powerpress
KUKA
Keller und Knappich, Augsburg Augsburg, Germany

CRT Code: KU
Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1927-1983
Web Site:
CRT Articles: KUKA Album

Notes: Absorbed by FAUN (1983), which still produces KUKA designs. Early crossover models badged as FAUN-KUKA
KYOKUTO
Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Nishinomiya, Hyogo-Ken
Japan

CRT Code: KY
Products: Fore & aft tipper, FL & RL refuse bodies
Built: 1970s?-present
Web Site: Kyokuto Website
CRT Articles:

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LA LILLOISE
Paris, France

CRT Code: LS
Products: SL refuse bodies
Built: 1940s-?
Web Site:
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LABRIE ENVIRONMENTAL
St-Nicholas, Quebec
Canada

CRT Code: LA
Products: FL/SL/RL refuse bodies
Built: 1980s-present
Web Site: Labrie Website
CRT Articles:

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Acquisitions: LEACH and WITTKE from (Federal Signal) in 2006
LACRE LIMITED
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
United Kingdom

CRT Code: LC
Products: FL/RL refuse bodies
Built: 1970s?-1980s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Leach Album

Notes: Sold LEACH rearloader in UK
LAIRD MUNICIPALS
Anglesey, Wales
United Kingdom

CRT Code: LR
Products: FL/RL refuse bodies
Built: 1960s?-1996
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Rotary Refuse Bodies

Notes: Built KUKA bodies for UK market, and GAR WOOD FL briefly
Acquisitions: ASPINALL ENGINEERING (1994)
Ownership: Purchased by FAUN (1996)
LEACH
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
United States (1932-2004)

Medicine Hat, Alberta
Canada (2004-2006)

Division of Labrie Environmental
St-Nicholas, Quebec
Canada (present)

CRT Code: LE
Products: FL/SL/RL refuse bodies, trailers, transfer stations

Built: 1932-present

Web Site: Labrie Website

CRT Articles: Leach Album   Side Loaders

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Ownership: Federal Signal (2004), LABRIE Environmental (2006)
LEWIN
West Bromwich, United Kingdom


CRT Code: LW
Products: Rotary drum refuse body, RL packer
Built: 1940s-?
Web Site:
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LIFTAINER SYSTEMS
Nashville, Tennessee
United States

CRT Code: LT
Products: Container transport body
Built: 1980s?-present?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Believed to be descendant of Cobey Liftainer
LITTER LIFT
Phoenix, Arizona
United States

CRT Code: LF
Products: Pioneering builder of ASL lift equipment
Built: 1970s-1980s
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Absorbed into HEIL company in 1980
LOAD LUGGER

Brooks Equipment Co.
Knoxville, Tennessee

Division of Borg-Warner
Kalamazoo, Michigan
United States

CRT Code: LL
Products: container carriers

Built: 1930s-present (as HEIL)
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Introduced the "lugger" or "skip" type container hoist

Ownership: Brooks Equipment, Borg Warner (1955), HEIL Co. (1961)
LOADMASTER
City Tank Corporation
Culpeper, Virginia

Norway, Michigan
United States

CRT Code: LM
Products: RL/SL refuse bodies
Built: 1964-present
Web Site: Loadmaster Website
CRT Articles: Loadmaster Album

Notes: Stable mate of ROTO-PAC during 1960s and early 1970s. Product line revamped with Michigan move, but original model LM400 still produced

Ownership: Hagan Industries, Hackney Industries (c1980), Loadmaster Corp./independent? (c1990), bought in forecloseure (1992), Moved to Michigan
LODAL
Brisson Brothers Machine Co.
Norway, and Kingsford, Michigan
United States

CRT Code: LD
Products: FL/SL refuse bodies
Built: 1950s-present
Web Site: Lodal Website
CRT Articles: Lodal Album   U.S Front Loader Development

Notes: Transitioned from building truck loader attachment to full-fledged refuse body builder. Built first commercially successful unitized refuse truck , the EVO in 1968


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