Though obviously sharing many components with 'P' Revopak, the new 1978 Maxipak body was in fact a very conventional slide-sweep type intermittent rear loader. Concerns about fuel consumption may have been driving the trend away from continuous loaders at this time, thus allowing the slide-sweep style to gain a stronger foothold in England (as well as in continental Europe). Looming or anticipated safety regulations may have also been a factor. Shelvoke's competitor Eagle had also introduced their own slide-sweep rear loader, the Phoenix during this period. 
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