Leach Packmaster Mother Truck, Satellite Scooters

[ruthular]

looks like a mcnielus

[ClassicRefuseTrucks]

It's amazing how long this truck was produced, yet how few we see anymore. These 1958-60 versions with the quad headlights look like they are sleepy compared with the twin lamp version. I have some pics of one with a Pak-Mor body and a "face" painted on the front. Mack also used the cab for a brief time in the late 50's as well.

[georgewuzheer]

Does anyone have an idea what company made those scooters?

[brad202684]

When i was littler, like around 6 or 7 i think, i would go up to Medford, Oregon for the summer and watch Rogue Disposal do their thing. They had a system like this, but i was just a small pickup truck with a custom kind of dump bed for transfering into a "mother truck" and they used an old Leach Packmaster. I dont remember what chassis it was on, but i have an old pic of me standing next to the tailagte and ut is unmistakeably a Leach Packmaster

[georgewuzheer]

do they still use some form of those little satelite collectors?

[Trashman242]

Awesome system...I was wondering, why are they called 'satellite'?

[rd1027]

For lack of a better term they revolve around the mother truck. Like a satellite revolves around the earth.

[Trashman242]

thankz a billion...always wondered that