Lacre
St. Albans, Hertfordshire


    Lacre was a pioneering manufacturer of motor tucks in Britain, and later developed a road sweeper using their own chassis. By 1952, Lacre ceased complete vehicle production and instead used Bedford chassis for their sweepers. By the mid-1970s, the company became distributors for the USA-designed Leach Packmaster refuse bodies, which appear to have been built in America and imported. Both the Standard Packmaster and the commercial 2-R versions were badged as Lacre-Leach or simply Lacre Packmasters.

    In 1989, Lacre acquired Powell Duffryn Engineering, and merged their own refuse truck sales with their subsidiary under the name Lacre PDE. The American E-Z Pack Hercules were sold under this name, joined later by Dutch Geesink GPM rear loaders badged as Vulture.


Lacre Leach Packmaster



Lacre Packmaster on Ford D-Series standard cab



The Lacre Packmaster shown bulk loading, hoisting standard commercial containers or round Palladin bins



Lacre 2-R Packmaster with overhead winch tipping and 8-yard container






9/18/16
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