Abstract: A refuse truck body has an ejector which, in its forward position, divides the interior of the body into a loading compartment and a storage chamber. A compactor plate on the lower portion of the ejector is movable between a first position in which a lower surface thereof is inclined downward away from said loading compartment to a second position adjacent the floor of the storage chamber. A pusher element in the lower portion of the loading compartment is movable toward the storage chamber for moving a charge of refuse from the loading compartment under the compactor plate and into the storage chamber. A multiple-extension power cylinder assembly moves the ejector to discharge compacted refuse from the storage chamber.