Phil Wood Industries Ltd. Windsor, Ontario    In 1919, Gar Wood Industries of Detroit, Michigan, formed a Canadian division located across the river in Windsor, Ontario. When Garfield Wood sold his company in 1945, his brother Phillip S. Wood bought the Canadian subsidiary and operated it under his own name.     Completely independent from Gar Wood Industries, the new company is known to have produced at least one refuse body, the Wood Load-Crusher, around 1954. This design, which was the creation of his brother George B. Wood, was also licensed in the USA to the Herman Body Co. of St. Louis. Later, Daybrook Hydraulic became the sole American manufacturer, where it was known as the Power-Packer. It is unknown how long the Load-crusher remained in production. The company was sold in 1959, and again changed hands in 1968, being purchased by ITL Industries Ltd. Phil Wood lived to the age of 78, dying of a heart attack in Miami Beach, Florida in early 1972. (For a detailed description of this design, see the Daybrook album, linked below) SELECTED PATENTS Patent # Description Inventor Assignee Date US2767867 Refuse Vehicle Loading Device Wood May 7, 1954 US2888158 Refuse Vehicle Loading Devices Wood August 30, 1956 REFERENCES Daybrook Hydraulic by By Eric Voytko Classic Refuse Trucks, April, 2005 Vintage Wood Literature in PDF at the Classic Refuse Trucks Library The Windsor Star, October 7, 1968 The New York Times, January 16, 1972 The Chicago Tribune January 16, 1972 4/6/26 © 2014, 2026 All rights reserved Photos from factory brochures/advertisements except as noted Logos shown are the trademarks of respective manufacturers