REFUSE BODY MANUFACTURERS

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QUAD-O-MATIC

See Equipment Manufacturing Co.
RAND
Rand Automated Compaction Systems
Raleigh, North Carolina
United States

CRT Code: RA
Products: SL refuse bodies
Built: 1980s-1990s
Web Site: CRT Articles: Rand Album

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Acquisitions: EMCO (now built by PENDPAC) and TRUXMORE (now out of production)
RAPID RAIL
Government Innovators Inc.
Phoenix, Arizona
United States

CRT Code: RR
Products: Automated lift systems, ASL refuse bodies
Built: 1974-1990
Web Site: Heil Website
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Notes: Outgrowth of the Scottsdale, Arizona, automation program, firm pioneered commercial production of automated lifts. Bought by HEIL (1990), SL bodies still sold as Heil Rapid Rail and Heil STARR
RAVO
Alkmaar, Netherlands


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

Notes: Once produced Gar Wood LP-900 design for Netherlands market as the Europress LP-901
RAY GASKIN SERVICE
Pasadena, Monrovia and
Baldwin Park, California
United States

CRT Code: RG
Products: FL Refuse Bodies
Built: 1960s-1980s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Ray Gaskin Album

Notes: Still in business, but no longer makes refuse body
RENDISPOS CORP.
Peoria, and LaRose, Illinois
United States

CRT Code: RC
Products: Rear bucket load refuse bodies
Built: 1960s-1970s?
Web Site:
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Notes: May be related to PACE and PACEMASTER
REY
Fernand Rey
France

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Products: ReyLoader refuse bodies
Built: 1930s
Web Site:
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Notes: Inventor and pioneer Fernand Rey built one of worlds first hydraulic refuse packers for SITA in Paris. Later affiliated with SEMAT.

See SITA and SEMAT listings
RICHARDS
J.J. Richards & Sons Pty Ltd
Queensland, Australia

CRT Code: RD
Products: FL and SL refuse bodies
Built: ?-present
Web Site: Richards Website
CRT Articles: Richards Compactor Video

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RIKO
Yugoslavia

CRT Code: RK
Products: RL refuse body
Built: 1970s?-1990s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Built a model based on the NORBA KI-5. Reorganized in 1993, no longer building refuse body.
RITEWAY ENGINEERING
Australia


CRT Code: R1X
Products: FL refuse bodies
Built: ?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: RiteWay FL Video

Notes: Out of Production. Bought by Transpacific Industries Group (TPI)
ROGERS
Nashville, Tennessee
United States

CRT Code: R2X
Products: SL recycling body
Built: 1990s?-present
Web Site: Rogers Website
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ROS ROCA
Tarrega, Spain


CRT Code: RO
Products: RL refuse body
Built: 1960s-present
Web Site: Ros Roca Website
CRT Articles:

Acquisitions: EUROVOIRIE and SCHORLING
ROSSI
Rossi Oleodinamica
Riccione, Italy

CRT Code: RS
Products: Satellite refuse collectors
Built: 1970s-present
Web Site: Rossi Website
CRT Articles:

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ROTO-PAC
City Tank Corporation
Corona, New York and
Culpeper, Virginia
United States

CRT Code: RP
Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1948-1971?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Roto-Pac Album

Notes: Discontinued in 1970s, though City Tank continued to build LOADMASTER
SALUBRA

See Geneve
SANITARY CONTROLS INC.
Deer Park, New York
United States

CRT Code: SN
Products: FL refuse bodies, stationary packers, Roll-off
Built: 1970s-?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Produced Bausenbach Push-n-tilt FL in early 1970's
SCHORLING
Division of Ros Roca
Hauslingen, Germany

CRT Code: SC
Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1960s?-present
Web Site: Schorling Website
CRT Articles: Schorling 2R Video

Notes: Longtime builder of German version of LEACH 2R. Firm bought by ROS ROCA (1992)
SCHURMANN
Vlotho, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany

CRT Code: S8X
Products: Container carriers, Rear bucket-load refuse bodies
Built: ?-present
Web Site: Schurmann Website
CRT Articles:

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SCORPION

See Dadee Manufacturing Co.
SCORZA
Luis J.D. Scorza Y CIA. S.A.
Oncativo - Cordoba, Argentina

CRT Code: SC
Products: RL/SL refuse bodies
Built: 1970s?-present
Web Site: Scorza Website
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Notes: Builds a version of the E-Z PACK Goliath RL. Firm believed to have spun off ECONOVO (Oscar Scorza)
SEAL PRESS and TAMPO
San Antonio, Texas
United States

CRT Code: SL
Products: SL refuse body (Seal Press), RL refuse bodies (Tampo)
Built: 1954-1972?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Seal-Press Album

Notes: Seal Press barrel side loader starts 1954. Purchased by Tampo in 1964, added Tampo rear loader 1968, and by 1972 both products badged as Tampo
SEAPACK
Italy

CRT Code: SK
Products: SL refuse body
Built:?-present
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

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SEC

See Southwestern Equipment Co.
SEILER
Zurich, Switzerland

CRT Code: S7X
Products: RL refuse body
Built:1970s?-?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes:"Swiss Keromat", possibly Norba Licensee
SEMAT
Societe d'Equipements, Manutentions et Transports
Division of Groupe Zoeller
France
CRT Code: SE
Products: RL refuse body
Built: 1950-present
Web Site: SEMAT Website
CRT Articles:

Notes: Fernand Rey believed to be founder or participant in formation of the concern, which produced his postwar designs, notably the Robopac/Superpac series
SHEFFLEX
Sheffield, United Kingdom

CRT Code: SF
Products: Fore & aft tipper, rotary tipper, RL refuse body, semi-automated loader systems
Built:1930s-1960s
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

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SHELVOKE & DREWRY
Letchworth, Herts
United Kingdom

CRT Code: SD
Products: Fore & aft tipper, RL refuse body, motor vehicles
Built:1920s-1991
Web Site: Unofficial SD Website
CRT Articles: SD Album

Notes: Bought by DEMPSTER (1986), last traded as Shelvoke-Dempster
SHEPPARD FABRICATION
United Kingdom

CRT Code: S2X
Products: Container carrier
Built: 1960s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Sheppard Album


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SHINMAYWA
Japan

CRT Code: SY
Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: ?-present
Web Site: ShinMaywa Website
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SHU-PAK EQUIPMENT
Guelph, and Cambridge, Ontario
Canada

CRT Code: SP
Products: SL refuse bodies
Built: 1985?-present
Web Site: Shu-Pak Website
CRT Articles:

Notes: Assumed production of SHU-PAK design previously built under license by WESTERN BODY & HOIST (USA) and CARTER BROTHERS (Canada), now sole producer
SICARD
Montreal, Quebec
Canada and
Watertown, New York
United States

CRT Code: SS
Products: Sanivan RL refuse bodies
Built: 1947-1960s?
Web Site: CRT Articles: Sicard Album

Notes: Pioneered ejection unloading in a rear loader (1947).
Primarily known for snow-fighting equipment, which firm still produces
SILENT HOIST
Silent Hoist & Crane Co.
Brooklyn, New York
United States

CRT Code: S4X
Products: Silentpack SL refuse body
Built: 1937
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Silent Hoist Album

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SITA
Societe Industrielle de Transports Automobiles
France

CRT Code: SA
Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1933-present
Web Site: SITA Website
CRT Articles: SITA Album

Notes: Inventor and pioneer Fernand Rey built one of worlds first hydraulic refuse packers for SITA in Paris in the early 1930s. Firm later built paddle-packer (SITA 6000), and a SMV/SITA Plus rear loader
SMART TRUCK SYSTEMS (STS)
Moreno Valley, California
United States

See Stagg
SMITHPAC
H.E. Smith Inc.
Defiance, Ohio
United States

CRT Code: SH
Products: SL refuse body
Built: 1960s?-1970s?
Web Site:
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SMV
(SITA Materiel de Voirie)
Manufacturing division of SITA (See SITA)
SOVEL
Villeurbanne, France


CRT Code: SV
Products: Electric trucks, RL refuse bodies
Built: 1930s-1960s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Sovel Album

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SOUTHWESTERN EQUIPMENT CO. (SEC)
Justin, Texas
United States

CRT Code: SW
Products: SL refuse bodies
Built: ?-present
Web Site: SEC Website
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SPAD ENGINEERING
Australia


CRT Code: S5X
Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1980s?-s?
Web Site:
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SPARTAN TRUCK EQUIPMENT
Sun Valley, California
United States

CRT Code: SR
Products: FL refuse bodies, roll off, trailers
Built: 1972-present
Web Site: Spartan Website
CRT Articles: Local Rubbish Album


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SPECIAL TRUCKS INC. (STI)
Fort Wayne, Indiana
United States

CRT Code: 9ST
Products: Buzzard Low-Entry truck chassis
Built: ?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

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ST. PAUL HYDRAULIC
Div. of Gar Wood Industries
St. Paul, Minnesota
United States

CRT Code: GW
Products: Pax-All rear bucket load refuse body
Built: 1950s
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Gar Wood Album

Notes: Pax-All body designed by George B. Wood, originally sold as Woodson Pax-All. Sold to Gar Wood in 1950, thereafter badged as St. Paul Pax-All
STAGG and
SMART TRUCK SYSTEMS

Moreno Valley, California
United States

CRT Code: ST
Products: FL/SL refuse bodies
Built: 1984?-2007
Web Site:
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Notes: Stagg bodies independently built by Western Waste Industries. Following sale of Western to WMI, body works sold to Smart Truck Systems (2004)
STANDARD CARRIAGE WORKS
Los Angeles, California
United States

CRT Code: S9X
Products: FL refuse body
Built: 1960s?-1970s?
Web Site:
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STI
Fort Wayne, Indiana
United States

See Special Trucks Inc.
STERLING MFG. CO.
Laurens, Iowa
United States

CRT Code: SG
Products: Hippo SL refuse body
Built: 1966-1970s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

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STRATTON EQUIPMENT CO.
Cleveland, Ohio
United States

CRT Code: S6X
Products: Hydro-Loader lift attachment, tailgate auger attachment
Built: 1950s?- ?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Built attachments for standard open dump bodies: Hydro-Loader hydraulic platform raised men and cans to top of truck, and tailgate auger attachment to convert dump truck to a rear loader
STREICHER
Stuttgart, Germany

CRT Code: S1X
Products: SL/RL refuse body
Built: 1949-1950s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

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STUMMER
Bischofshofen, Austria
Division of Groupe Zoeller

CRT Code: S3X
Products: RL refuse bodies (BRIVIO), container carriers
Built: 1980s?-present
Web Site: Stummer Website
CRT Articles:

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SUPER PACK
Portland, Oregon
United States

See Superior Mfg.
SUPERIOR MFG.
Portland, Oregon
United States


CRT Code: SM
Products: Super Pack SL refuse bodies, roll offs
Built: 1957-1974
Web Site: General Equipment Co. (Superior Mfg.)
CRT Articles: Super Pack Album

Notes: Also sold by Western Equipment (Indiana) during 1960's
SUPERIOR PAK
North Bundaberg, Queensland
Australia


CRT Code: SU
Products: SL/FL/RL refuse bodies, Hooklift and skip hoists
Built: 1980s?-present
Web Site: Superior Pak Website
CRT Articles: Superior Pak FL Video

Notes: Bought by Transpacific Industries Group (TPI) in 2006


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