Sector - Tipping

Burnett's Motors, Ashburton, International LF195 tipper at work carting rocks on the Timaru breakwater job in the 1960s. Also in the picture is a Caterpillar D4-7U series bulldozer. The L series International trucks were produced from 1950-1953 and were replaced by the R series trucks. The cabs used on these trucks which IHC referred to as the Comfo Vision cab were very widely used on many different brands of U.S. and Canadian trucks in the 1950s-1960s era. As well as International, other users were Diamond T, Hendrickson, FWD, Duplex, Oshkosh, Sicard, Leyland-Canada, Canada and Cline.

A Mk.5 Commer petrol artic with single axle tipulator of Burnett's Motors, Ashburton. It appears to be quite a long wheelbase tractor unit and is possibly a 741 model with 141" wheelbase-most artic Commers were 715 models with 115" wheelbase.

Sometimes mistaken for an Australian AACO/ACCO International, this very interesting truck is a Mack based N.Z. special. This truck had a long and convoluted history as a heavy haulage tractor unit starting out as a normal control World War 2 era Mack NO model 6x6 powered by a Mack Thermodyne 707 cubic inches 6 cylinder overhead valve petrol engine. While the Mack NM series 6x6 wartime trucks with similar Thermodyne petrol engines featured Timken drive axles, the NO series were all Mack using a unique triple reduction front axle arrangement with drive to the wheels through the kingpins. Ray Vincent had imported this truck along with several other heavy trucks and surplus military equipment after World War 2. It was first operated by contractors, McJorrow Bros. from Ashburton. Originally it was an open cabbed truck and McJorrows fitted a basic closed cab during their ownership. Next it went to Southland based earthmoving contractor, L.D. (Dick) Collis. After Dick Collis it passed to North Otago earthmoving contractors Roadways, based at Oamaru and Otematata during the Benmore and Aviemore Dam construction period. It was during this time that it went through quite a transformation with its thirsty petrol engine replaced with an ex-military 6.71 GM 2 stroke diesel and it was reconfigured as a forward control truck with a not unattractive locally made cab utilising AACO International doors and bonnet. It also became a 6x4 with the Mack driven front axle replaced by a Timken non-driven front axle of the type fitted to the Federal 604 tank transporter tractor. Next owners were Burnett's Motors, Ashburton where it assisted their Kenworth L924R and International F230D on heavy hauls as well as pulling a tipulator on the Timaru breakwater job. While with Burnetts the Mack tandem with its distinctive witches hat hubs was replaced with a Timken double reduction rear end. Other owners of this impressive truck that combined U.S. quality and toughness with Kiwi ingenuity were A.V. Martyn & Co. at Timaru and Burns' Transport at Wyndham.

Burnett's 1966 Kenworth L924R after a refurbishment. After several years duty as a front line heavy haulage tractor unit it became a 3 axle bulk tipper towing a 3 axle trailer. Before its days as a heavy haulage unit were over however it was involved in a roll over accident on Evans Pass Road between the Christchurch suburb of Sumner and the port of Lyttelton. It was recabbed with a later W model cab and received fibreglass front guards from an LW model in place of the original steel guards. Still powered by the trusty NH250 Cummins it was a striking bulk unit in its day.

Burnett's Motors, Ashburton, Dodge 300 series 8 wheel tipper with 2 axle tipping trailer. The twin steer set up on this truck was a local conversion of what I assume to be a T310 6x4 model with 143 horsepower AEC AV470 diesel engine and Eaton 2 speed tandem on Hendrickson walking beam suspension.

Allis-Chalmers HD9G track loader belonging to Whale Contractors Supplies loading a truck in a quarry or pit.

An Allis-Chalmers HD9G Tractoshovel loading an Austin K4 tipper.

Ford Jailbar tipper, under an Allis-Chalmers HD5G track loader. Note the kid in the cab...

Ford Jailbar tipper, under an Allis-Chalmers HD5G track loader belonging to Whale Contractors Supplies of Onehunga, Auckland.

Allis-Chalmers Tractomotive loaders. The Tractomotive Corporation of Deerfield, Illinois manufactured wheel loaders from 1947 using Allis-Chalmers components and fitted hydraulic loaders to A-C crawler tractors. Tractomotive was purchased by A-C in 1959. The Whale Contractors Supplies Tractoshovel track loader is an A-C HD5G and the nearest wheel loader is a Tractomotive TL12. Duck Bros. loader is a 1950s era Hough Payloader manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Co. of Libertyville, Illinois, a division of International Harvester from 1952. Also in the picture is a Winstone's 1953-54 Bedford A5 tipper.

Allis-Chalmers Tractomotive loaders. The Tractomotive Corporation of Deerfield, Illinois manufactured wheel loaders from 1947 using Allis-Chalmers components and fitted hydraulic loaders to A-C crawler tractors. Tractomotive was purchased by A-C in 1959. The Whale Contractors Supplies Tractoshovel track loader is an A-C HD5G and the nearest wheel loader is a Tractomotive TL12. Duck Bros. loader is a 1950s era Hough Payloader manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Co. of Libertyville, Illinois, a division of International Harvester from 1952. Also in the picture is a Winstone's 1953-54 Bedford A5 tipper.

2 Austin Loadstar 5 ton tippers, one or both belonging to Ivan Whale, being loaded in a pit. The track loader is an Allis-Chalmers HD5G, the wheel loader to the left of the trucks is Duck Bros. Hough Payloader and the other machine is an Tractomotive TL12. Notice the driver levelling out his load with a shovel.

An Allis-Chalmers HD9G Tractoshovel loading an Austin K4 tipper.

Ivan Whale's Austin K4 loaded by an Allis-Chalmers HD9G track loader.

A CC series Commer TS3 tipper has just been loaded by a Pelican clamshell loader mounted on a Fordson tractor.

F.D. McIntosh & Son, Gisborne, Hino ZM120 being loaded with fertiliser out of rail wagons at the Matawhero Railway Station by a Nuffield tractor with front end loader with clamshell bucket.

LAD-(Leyland Albion Dodge) cab Albion RE25 model Reiver or RE29 model Super Reiver of Chaffey's Transport, Tokomaru Bay. The RE25 had hydraulic brakes while the RE29 had full air brakes. The first RE25 models had the 110 horsepower Leyland 375 engine. Later trucks and RE29 models had the 125 horsepower Leyland 400 Power Plus engine.

An Australian built Kenworth W924AR powered by a Cummins NTC400 Big Cam engine that belonged to Clyde Dam Project gravel contractors, Stewart Bros., based at Cromwell.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru Ford DT800 6x4 tipper.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru Thames Trader 75 and Bedford SLC3 gravelling a street in Oamaru. It would take some skill to achieve even spreads with those small single axle trailers.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru Ford DT800 6x4 tipper.

One of 2 Leyland Octopus model 24OT tippers operated by North Otago Road Metal Co. of Oamaru. The setting is probably a back country gravel crushing job.

North Otago Road Metals' Dodge 300 series tipper getting a load of gravel from a shingle screen on a roading job. A Michigan loader is loading the hopper. The short conveyor that is visible above the truck deck is used to drop the tailings-big stones clear of the trucks.

One one North Otago Road Metals' Dodge 300 series tippers has been backed under the screen to get a load of screened gravel.

A slightly bruised and battered 1948-1950 Ford Bonus Built tipper is having its load leveled off while a Thames Trader is getting loaded under the screen in this North Otago Road Metals scene.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru, Dodge 300 series tipper.

A long 176" wheelbase Bonus Built Ford F155 tipper is getting loaded under the rotary screen while an Allis Chalmers track loader is loading the hopper to feed the crusher in this North Otago Road Metals gravel crushing scene.

A Mk.2 Thames Trader 75 diesel with an aftermarket twin steer conversion of North Otago Road Metal Co. based in Oamaru.

One of 2 Leyland Octopus model 24OT tippers operated by North Otago Road Metal Co. of Oamaru. This truck with its 2 axle tipping trailer was operated by associate company, Southern Crushing. Powered by a 200 horsepower O.680 Power Plus Leyland diesel engine, 6 speed gearbox with splitter and with a hefty hub reduction rear end, these trucks would have been capable machines. With 4 axles under them they were also pretty stable tippers. Known as the Leyland Freightline series, the Ergomatic tilt cabs were built for Leyland and other Leyland Group brands, AEC and Albion by Joseph Sankey of Birmingham.

North Otago Road Metal Co. of Oamaru, 1966 Foden 8E7/24 tipper receiving some maintenance on a back country job. With their S24 fibreglass tilt cabs these Fodens when introduced in 1962 were some of the first British trucks to feature a tilting cab. This truck was powered by a 225 horsepower Foden FD6 Mk.7 turbocharged 2 stroke diesel engine, backed by a Foden 12 speed epicyclic gearbox with 4 gears on the stick and 3 splits on an air operated steering column lever with the power going to Foden worm diffs. It was later repowered with a more reliable Cummins NH250 as the Mk.7 2 stroke Foden diesels had a reputation for being a pretty short-life engine.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru, Dodge 300 series tipper spreading on a roading job.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru, Dodge 300 series tipper.

North Otago Road Metal Foden 8E7/24 having a lie down at the end of a bit of a slippery slope. With its long wheelbase and mid chassis mounted rams it was a bit prone to this sort of thing. From what I understand this possibly wasn't the first time the Foden fell over while spreading and it probably wasn't the last time this happened either.

North Otago Road Metal Foden 8E7/24 having a lie down at the end of a bit of a slippery slope. With its long wheelbase and mid chassis mounted rams it was a bit prone to this sort of thing. From what I understand this possibly wasn't the first time the Foden fell over while spreading and it probably wasn't the last time this happened either. The Foden worm diffs and wide spaced 4 spring bogie are easily seen in this shot.

Aerial shot of 2 of North Otago Road Metals' Dodge 300 series tippers towing single axle trailers on a roading job. A Michigan front end loader is tipping into the hopper. The material is carried from the hopper up to the shaker screen above the truck deck by a rubber belt. The screened gravel drops through the screen onto the truck deck and the tailings are carried onto the short chute to drop over the edge of the bank. A simple, but efficient way to screen gravel. A well known manufacturer of this type of screen were Christchurch engineers, Paintin & Nottingham.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru, Dodge 300 series tipper. Notice the rear of a Thames 400E work van beside the truck.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru, Dodge 300 series tipper with Commer Q15 or Q25 work van on the deck. The old truck in the background getting wrecked out appears to be a 1948-1950 Bonus Built Ford.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru Ford DT800 6x4 tipper.

One of North Otago Road Metals' 300 series Dodge tippers. This truck would most likely be a model 3165 with 110 horsepower Leyland 375 diesel engine or a model D308 with c.115 horsepower Leyland 370 Power Plus diesel.

Another of North Otago Road Metals' Dodge trucks. This artic with tandem axle tipulator is a slightly bigger model than the 4 wheel tippers in the fleet. With 10 stud wheels as opposed to the 8 stud wheels fitted to the 3165/D308 models, this is likely to be a D309 or D310 model. Both these models had AEC diesels with the D309 having a 127 horsepower AV410 engine and the D310 having a 143 horsepower AV470 engine.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru, Dodge 300 series tipper with a couple of young helpers in attendance.

Two Mk.3 CD series TS3 diesel powered Commer 7 ton tippers from the early days of North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru. The front end loader on the back of one of the trucks appears to be based on a Fordson Major tractor with a heavy industrial loader fitted.

North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru, Dodge 300 series tipper.

Two of North Otago Road Metal Co., Oamaru, Dodge 300 series tippers with a couple of young helpers in attendance.

Three of North Otago Road Metals' Dodge 300 series tipper in a picturesque location on a job in the back country.

Two of North Otago Road Metals' Dodge tippers and an S model Bedford on this gravel screening job. The Michigan loader is tipping into the hopper and as the loaded Dodge pulls out the other one will back under.

No.5 in the North Otago Road Metals fleet, a Ford DT800 has the cab tilted for some running repairs. The Ford D series was introduced by Ford in the U.K. in 1965 and were certainly a big step forward in cab design with a roomy easy to tilt cab, compared to the forward control Thames Trader range they replaced. The D series were initially offered in sizes from the 2 ton 6 stud 16" wheel D200 up to the 8 ton 10 stud 20" wheel D800 and DT800 6x4. The D series offered two Canadian Ford petrol 6 cylinder engines of 240 and 300 cubic inches and diesel engines were a Ford 240 cubic inches 4 cylinder-(later 253 c.i.d. as well) and initially two 6 cylinder diesels of 330 and 363 cubic inches-(later there was a 380 c.i.d. version too). While the Ford diesels were a similar design to the engines used in the Trader range they were slanted over to ensure they didn't intrude too far into the new cab. Later engines available were the 150 horsepower Turbo 360 in the D850 and DT1400 6x4 and 185 horsepower Cummins V8185 in the D1000 series. Earlier model trucks like the Bedford S model and the Thames Trader had the front axle and engine mounted as far forward as possible with somewhat difficult driver access with a short door cab and step ring on the front wheel to assist entry. The D series and the Bedford TK-(introduced in 1960) had much better cab access with the front axle and engine set further back and a low step in front of the wheel-not really revolutionary though because the 7 ton Commer had been like that from 1948. In the S Bedford and Trader the driver sat beside the engine with quite a large engine cover taking up room in the cab. The later designs had the driver sitting above and about level with the front of the engine. Although introduced five years later than Bedford's TK series, Ford D series really caught GM napping by having a tilt cab-something Bedford didn't introduce on medium weight trucks until 1980 with the TL series.

North Otago Road Metals Ford D750 or D800 tipper loaded by an Allis Chalmers/Tractomotive TL10 loader.

3 of North Otago Road Metal Co.'s tippers-a Bedford SLC3, Thames Trader 75 and British Dodge 300 series.

Another of North Otago Road Metals' Dodge trucks. This artic with tandem axle tipulator is a slightly bigger model than the 4 wheel tippers in the fleet. With 10 stud wheels as opposed to the 8 stud wheels fitted to the 3165/D308 models, this is likely to be a D309 or D310 model.

North Otago Road Metals Ford D750 or D800 tipper loading under a shingle screen.

Bedford SSC3 tipper with 300 petrol engine belonging to the North Canterbury Catchment Board being loaded by a Ruston Bucyrus 19RB face shovel.

R.H. Blatchford's Austin K4. Blatchfords were sand and shingle contractors from Teddington on Lyttelton Harbour.

R.H. Blatchford's brand new Austin K4 tipper with cam and roller hoist and wooden deck outside McDonald Motors, Austin dealers in Victoria St., Christchurch.

R.H. Blatchford's brand new Austin K4 tipper with cam and roller hoist and wooden deck outside McDonald Motors, Austin dealers in Victoria St., Christchurch.

This Commer tipper was operated in their quarry by the Golden Bay Cement Co. at Tarakohe near Takaka. Fitted with a heavy duty quarry type body it is an early Mk.1 R7 model. It can be identified as a Mk.1 by the flat and dangerously slippery when wet cab steps, single rear window and windscreen wipers pivoted from the bottom of the screens. The face shovel loading the Commer is a Marion.

Certified Concrete, Blenheim Rd., Christchurch, Mk.4 Commer CD series TS3 diesel artic and tandem axle tipulator.

Winstone's Bedfords in a quarry scene. In the foreground is an OLB that appears to have been relegated to pit truck duty, also 2 A5Ls and an SSC model with trailer being loaded by an NCK face shovel.

A Bedford SL with rock body tipping into a gravel crusher. Notice that the truck has no hydraulics and a winch, gantry and hook setup is being used to raise the body. The 3 cab over engine cab and chassis in the background appear to be ex-W.W.II Dodge WK60 6x4s.

R.A. McLennan's Bedford SSC artic with TMC single axle tipulator loaded by a Caterpillar 955 track loader.

R.A. McLennan's S model Bedford tipper loaded by a Caterpillar 955 track loader.

Brand new Bedford SLC3 tipper with single axle tipping trailer.

R.A. McLennan Bedford SSC model with Caterpillar HT4 Traxcavator track loader. The HT4 was Caterpillar's first hydraulic track loader based on the D4-7U series tractor. The HT4 had been a product of the Trackson Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trackson was established in 1922 and from 1937 had offered cable operated shovels to fit Caterpillar tractors. Trackson had coined the term Traxcavator for its crawler tractor mounted loaders. Caterpillar purchased the Trackson Company and its designs in 1951.

R.A. McLennan Chevrolet Loadmaster 5 ton and S model Bedford 7 ton tippers.

2 S model Bedford tippers on hire from Kenning & Horlor of Nelson on a roading job.

Nelson Asphalts' Chevrolet Loadmaster tipper loaded by a Fordson E27N Major with hydraulic front end loader.

Mossburn Transport Bedford SSC artic with single axle tipulator tipping off gravel for a roading job. Mossburn Transport along with Lumsden Transport and Te Anau Transport were the 3 original carriers that joined to form Northern Southland Transport Holdings in the mid-1960s.

It appears that Maxwell Bros. of Dunedin have just taken delivery of these 3 freshly painted GMC CCKW 6x6 tippers as they parked outside G.T. Gillies premises in Oamaru.

A banjo diff equipped GMC CCKW 6x6 tipper fitted with a cam and roller hoist. The truck was operated by the large Christchurch based roading and contracting firm, British Pavements (Canterbury).

A GMC CCKW 6x6 tipping roading chip off on a stockpile. The truck was operated by the large Christchurch based roading and contracting firm, British Pavements (Canterbury).

Cook's Roadmakers, Hokitika, Bedford KM 6x4 with a good load of river gravel.

Cook's Roadmakers, Hokitika, Bedford KM 6x4 loaded with gravel by an International TD6 or TD9 tractor with Hamilton Overloader in a West Coast riverbed.

Balclutha based Clutha Carrying Co., Leyland Power Plus Hippo getting a load under the coal bins. Referred to in Leyland advertising as the Power Plus series, the LAD cab Hippo and other models in the series, Beaver, Retriever and Octopus were much more up to date in looks compared to the earlier square cab mouth organ grille models they replaced. The Vista Vue LAD cabs were manufactured for Leyland, Albion and Dodge by Coventry Motor Panels.

Two of Clutha Carrying Co.'s trucks-on the right their big Leyland Hippo with 200 horsepower 680 Power Plus motor and hub reduction axles and a Dodge 300 series-possibly a model 3145 with 105 horsepower Leyland 350 diesel. The Hippo is paired with a large bulk tipping semi-trailer with a 3 hydraulic ram hoist used for carting coal.

A Westland Transport, Hokitika, International AB182 tipper which has just been loaded with gravel by a company owned Ruston Bucyrus face shovel. Westland Transport was owned by the Eadie family and operated an interesting fleet of trucks over the years. Brands found in the fleet were International-D246F, LF174, AB182, Commer, Fuso, Mitsubishi, ERF-B series, AEC Majestic, Albion-PF107 Reiver, RE series LAD cab Reiver, Leyland-Super Hippo-(ex-Dairy Products, Edendale)-LAD cab Hippo-(ex-Southland Excavating), tilt cab Hippo and Bison, Scammell Handyman, Hino ZM120, Kenworth LW-(ex-J.V. Geany, Rotorua), Thames Trader, Ford D series and Bedford J series.

One of Dunedin Carrying Company's International Loadstar F1800 tippers taking part in a parade. The sign on the load of gravel states that it is a 10 cubic yard capacity gravel spreading truck. Dunedin Carrying had at least 3 F1800 tippers.

Mack SuperLiner Tuapeka Transport Lawrence circa 1985 LZ7862

A 1958 advertisement for T.M.C.-Trailer Manufacturing Company of Christchurch showing a Bedford SL with TMC tipping deck and EdBro twin ram underbody hoist of J. Mulholland & Sons, Contractors, Dunedin.

Tapper tipulator manufactured by Steel Bros. (Addington) attached to a Bedford SSC tractor unit. Also a Bedford S model rigid with tipping deck. Appears to be at the Christchurch A. & P. Show in the 1950s.

The driver is levelling off his load of gravel in this picture of a Farrier & Co. International AR162 tipper. With its Silver Diamond SD240 petrol engine, 4 speed gearbox and 2 speed Eaton rear axle, this truck would have been quite a capable performer as a 5 yard tipper in its day. In the background two Austin trucks, a K4 Series 1 and a K4 Series 2 Loadstar are getting loaded under the bins.

G.E. Tregenza, Timaru, tippers posing for a fleet shot in front of a dragline and what appears to be a screening plant. From the left-2 1947-49 Chevrolet Loadmasters, 2 OLB Bedfords and a 1941-46 type Chevrolet.

A busy scene showing Farrier & Company's Metalmaster mobile crushing plant and 4 International AR162 tippers. The older truck parked on the other side of the plant is an International K6 or K7 model. The hopper is being loaded by a Link Belt Speeder face shovel with a Caterpillar D4400 or D315-(D4 size) power unit.

A nice line up of Farrier & Company International tippers in this fleet photo. Farrier & Company-later to be known as Farrier Waimak were an old established Christchurch based roading and contracting company. In this picture of International trucks there are 6 C series-1934-37 and 5 D series-1937-1940. The truck nearest the camera is a C40F model 6x4.

Farrier & Co., Christchurch, International D30 tipper dumping a load of sand.

One of the 3 Foden FE6/20ET 8 wheelers supplied to Winstones in Auckland before having its tipping deck fitted. These trucks were known as Sandliners and were used to haul 12 cubic yards of sand on the truck plus tow a 2 axle trailer. The two front axles were set back to allow more weight to be carried legally on Class II roads. Single rear wheels on the rear bogie were another weight saving feature. Engines were the 150 horsepower Foden FD6 Mk.3 2 stroke diesel and the cabs were the fibreglass S21 "Mickey Mouse" version.

A busy scene at a gravel crushing plant. J. Crooks & Sons, Road & General Contractors, Invercargill, Ford Jailbar tipper is tipping in at the top and two Southland County Council tippers, an International K6 or K7 and a Chevrolet Loadmaster are loading out the finished products from the bins. The plant is being driven by an early model Caterpillar RD4 or D4 tractor with rear mounted belt pulley and what is probably a La Plant-Choate hydraulic blade.

Ivan Whale, Onehunga, Auckland early model Austin K4 tipper loaded by a Ruston Bucyrus face shovel.

Manawatu County Council Austin K4 Tipper getting loaded with gravel by a Ruston Bucyrus 10RB face shovel in a pit.

An Ohai Coal Co. Bedford SSC tipper has just been loaded by an NCH face shovel in a Southland coal mine. NCH excavators were built in England by Newton Chambers & Co. of Sheffield to the designs of the U.S. P & H Company (Pauling & Harnischfeger) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hence the NC for Newton Chambers and H for Harnischfeger. The agreement with P & H ran from the late 1930s to some time in the 1940s. In 1947 Newton Chambers entered into a similar agreement with the Koehring Company, also of Milwaukee to build their machines under license. The Koehring based cranes and excavators were badged as NCK machines and were popular machines here. New Zealand representatives of the brand were Dalhoff & King.

H. Mitchell, Invercargill, agent for Newvale-Waimumu Lignite with a good load of coal on his Bedford SLC 7 tonner.

An brand new RE series LAD cab Albion Reiver of the Dunedin City Council Works Dept showing off its new steel tipping deck with twin ram underbody hoist and stabiliser.

A line up of trucks belonging to McSkimming Industries, Waikiwi, Invercargill. There are 4 Mk.1 Thames Traders and a Bedford D6 in this shot.

A hive of activity at Farrier Waimak's crushing plant at Coutts Island Road, Belfast. There are at least 5 AA model International trucks in the picture. Most are tippers, but one is an artic hooked up to a bitumen tank trailer. The two nearest trucks and the one that appears to be ready to back under the bins are AA164 models-identifiable by their 6 stud Budd wheels.

J.R. Hamilton, lime contractor from Invercargill operated this Leyland Comet 90 and single axle tipulator on bulk lime cartage duties.

Austin 701 tipper of Town & Country Freight of Dunedin, being loaded with gravel by a Caterpillar traxcavator track loader. The 701 model with Willenhall steel cab could also be had badged as a Morris and was powered by a BMC 5.1 litre 6 cylinder diesel of 105 horsepower, running through a 4 speed crash gearbox to an Eaton 16500 2 speed axle.

Kane's Alexandra Carrying, long wheelbase Austin 701 artic with single axle tipulator getting loaded with gravel by a Caterpillar 955 traxcavator.

M. Stevenson, Cartage Contractors, Dunedin, Austin 503 artic with single axle tipulator getting ready to shift an Allis Chalmers HD5G track loader. This is a 503 diesel with 105 horsepower BMC 5.1 litre 6 cylinder diesel engine. Petrol engined 503s had the Austin 4 litre 6 cylinder engine. Notice what appears to be a mobile ramp for loading and unloading the machine behind the trailer.

Smart & Sons, gravel contractors, Christchurch were loyal Leyland operators with 4 different model of Leyland spanning the World War I era to the late 1920s-early 1930s. The truck on the far left would appear to have solid tyres on both axles while the second and third trucks have pneumatic tyres on the front axles with the third one definitely having solids on the rear axle. The truck on the far right appears to be one of the new TA series Badger or TC series Beaver models introduced c.1928.

Solid tyred Leyland tipper of civil engineering contractors, Hansford & Mills.

A South Westland scene. An S model Bedford tipper, possibly belonging to B.H. Cowan, carrier from Haast appears to have had a lie down while spreading. The Leyland Comet tipper is probably one of Ferguson's Earthmoving from Greymouth.