Royal GT and Super Series Rear Loaders The first generation Wayne Royal GT, with box-braced 10-yard body     The Royal GT was the first Wayne rear loader, and has been in production since 1972. Like their side loaders, Wayne made the GT a 10-yarder to appeal to the small-body market which was often neglected by the bigger name brands. Over its lifespan, it has had several body styles, but the basic tailgate unit remains mostly unchanged. It used the slide-sweep method, with the unusual feature of slide cylinders parallel to, and outboard of the panel, but mounted inside the tailgate. The 1-5/8 cubic yard hopper equalled or exceeded the capacity of some "full size" rear loaders. Sizes from six to twenty cubic yards have subsequently been produced.     The first Royal GT bodies used a traditional box-brace design similar to the Wayne side loaders. In late 1972, the GT adopted a "Gar Wood 900" styling, with slant-forward vertical pillars. By mid-decade, the slants were replaced by horizontal bars, with vertical crossmembers on the longer bodies. These were phased out around the early 1980s and replaced with a plain box and vertical ribs. The bodies are currently made with a modern curved-shell design.     Popular within North America, the Wayne Royal GT was exported to at least 30 countries around the world. Norba, a Swedish-based manufacturer of rear loaders, adopted the GT to supplement their full-sized models, and the relationship would bear fruit in the years to come, with Norba designs arriving in the United States by the late 1970s. The Royal GT could be fitted with a hydraulic container lift Tailgate raised showing the ejector blade with I-beam guide rail Late 1972 brought a "Gar Wood 900" style slant-pillar body to the GT By the mid 1970s, horizontal braces were adopted, with vertical ribs in larger bodies 14-yard Royal GT on a Mercedes Benz L1113 chassis owned by a Long Island contractor The Ferret was a Wayne Royal GT sold in England by Norba UK. Truck is British Ford D-series Ford C-series tilt-cab with 1970s Royal GT found in an Oregon yard in 2009 By the 1980s, a simpler vertical pillar body adorned the GT Wayne Barlock container hoist designed by Stanley Worthington for Waste Management Inc. Royal GT received a curved-shell body in the late 1990s WAYNE SUPER SERIES REAR LOADER The Super Series rear loaders use a more conventional slide-sweep packer, with slide cylinders mounted outside the hopper walls. Sold alongside the Royal GT, these are the smallest rear loaders in the Wayne lineup, with a narrow bodies as small as 6-yards. Larger versions have been sold in overseas markets, such as England, where Jack Allen Motor Bodies marketed the Super Series as the Gem. Wayne 6-yard Super Series on Isuzu NPR chassis Wayne 6-yard Super Series on c1998 Chevrolet C3500 chassis Super-Series 6-yard curved-shell body REFERENCES Solid Wastes Management/Refuse Removal Journal, May 1975, page 126 News of the Industry; Rear Loaders Delivered SELECTED PATENTS Patent # Description Inventor Assignee Date US4960355 Apparatus for transferring refuse from containers... Worthington WMI Inc. January 17, 1989 7/4/2020 (revised 3/7/21) © 2020 All Rights Reserved Photos from factory brochures/advertisements except as noted Logos shown are the trademarks of respective manufacturers