Aveling-Barford

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Aveling-Barfoed brass manufacturers plate on a roller

Aveling-Barford was formed In 1934, by Aveling & Porter merging with Barford & Perkins.

[edit] History

Old Aveling-Barford Dump truck in VET collection at Threlkeld Quarry, 2008

Aveling Barford Grader in S.E. Davis & Son Ltd. collection 2008

Aveling-Barford Calfdozer at Belvoir Castle show 2008

The company was formed by the merger of two famous firms, following the collapse of the AGE group. After World War II the company continued to make motor and steam rollers as well as expanding into other construction equipment. They were still building stem rollers in 1945, with some being produced at the Vickers factory in Newcastle. In 1946 they introduced the G series of Diesel rollers, which had been designed pre war. This was followed by the Aveling Austin 99H Grader, (licensed from an American design). The Shuttle dumper was a popular product as well, with a lot exported to india in 1963.

They moved into building Loading shovels as well, with a range of 8 models from 1.0 cuM to 3.8 cuM. Also building the PM model pneumatic roller, as well as other small plant for a time.

In 1967 they became a part of the British Leyland groups special projects. ^[1] Aveling-Barford was part of the Thomson group of companies, which also includes Moxy articulated dump trucks for a period in the 1980s. Under Leyland ownership Marshalls road roller interests were merged with Aveling-Barford's and Renamed as Aveling Marshall. the Aveling-Barford division concentrating on Dump trucks and Graders. The firm of Goodwin, Barsby & Co. of Leicester was also part of the group at one stage. They manufactures Concrete mixers, tar macadam plant and latter became known for quarry stone crushing equipment.

[edit] Barfords & Barfords of Belton

The Old Aveling-Barford factory in Grantham is now occupied in part by Barfords Dumpers a division of Wordsworth Holdings Group. Barfords originally split off from Aveling-Barford in the 1950 to build the Site dumpers which they still build and the dairy equipment business at the Belton factory, as Barfords (Agriculture) Ltd. the name later changed to Barfords of Belton Ltd. Following the demise of AB in 1988, Duncan Wordsworth purchased the rights to the Aveling-Barford name and some of the products along with the factory. They now build some of the RD range of Dump trucks to order and refurbish older machines, as well as manufacturing the Barford site Dumper line at the Grantham factory. (see Barfords for details of line up).

[edit] Engines

Some early Aveling-Barford machines and the former Barford & Perkins company used engines by Peter Brotherhood Ltd the manufacturer of Peterbro tractors, and a supplier to Coventry Simplex co. and Fowler of Leeds for early tanks. As part of the rescue from AGE, part funded by Ruston & Hornsby the firm moved to Ruston's former factory site in Grantham and had to buy certain parts like castings and engines from them. Ruston & Hornsby engines were used for a number of years mainly in the rollers. Ruston & Hornsby also built rollers but withdrew from this market as part of the deal, as they switched production to Lincoln and concentrated on Excavators, cranes and Engine building. Later machines used Lister Petter engines in the rollers. And in in the Leyland era there was a attempt to move to using Leylands own engines in the dump trucks and other machines but reliability problems hampered this.

[edit] Construction Plant

• Calfdozer (compact dozer used by railways for back filling)

[1] Photos of Calf dozers _ http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/Calfdozer2

• Dump Trucks
• Bulldozer
• Road Rollers
• Motor Graders
• Site Dumpers - Production transferred to Barford

[edit] Model Range

[edit] Steam Road Roller Model Range

• Type W
• Type R
• Type T

[edit] Preserved Steam Rollers

Aveling-Barford "Preserved Machine listing"
Engine No.	Name	Build Date	Type	Weight	Size	Reg No.	Owner	Image	Other info
AH392	Annie	1947	T Type RR	8 ton	5 hp	CTL 227
AH425	n/a	1950	T Type RR	8 Ton	5 hp	JRM 966
AC604	Patricia	1937	W Type RR	10 Ton	6 hp	CPT 235	Photos on Geocities	required	ex Durham CC
AC606	Prince of Wales	1937	W Type RR	10 ton	6 hp	DTM 538
AC621	Lady Helen	1937	R Type RR	6 Ton	4 hp	GMK 939
AC624	n/a	1938	R Type RR	6 Ton	4 hp	CVC 979
AG757	Linda	1947	R Type RR	6 Ton	4 hp	FRM 976
AG758	Gisela	1946	R Type RR	6 Ton	4 hp	FRM 973
AE998	n/a	1943	W Type RR	10 Ton	6 hp	DTM 540	G. Smith		Lincoln & Others 2008 (ex Eddison No.109)
Copy	the	Section	below	to add	more	Entries	to	the	list
Machine types Key: SW = Steam Wagon, PE = Ploughing Engine, RR = Road Roller, SM = Showmans, TE = Traction Engine

[edit] Diesel Roller Models

Aveling Barford GH ride-on pavement roller from cira 1950

• A series - A Perkins powered Motor Roller derived from the Barford & Perkins designs
• Avelling Barford PH4 - 4 ton roller built for Ministry of supply in 1944 - 89 built
• DX series - launched 1936
  • DX3 - 3.5 ton
  • DX4 - 4 ton
  • DX5 - 5 ton
  • DX6 - 6 ton
  • DX7 - 7 ton
• G series (Know as the 'Grantham' series) launched 1946
  • GA
    • GAY
    • GAX
    • GA 5/6
  • GB
  • GC
  • GD
  • GH - Smallest Grantham series roller BSA 320 cc air colled engine
  • GN
  • GR
    • GRT
    • GRV
• DC series - 1980's ?
• PM series - Pneumatic tyre roller
• PR compactor A pneumatic tired Multi-wheeled compactor/roller range built from 1960s
  • PR1 - 1960
  • PR2 - 1968
  • PR20 - 1971 Hydrostic drive version.
• AB Master Pavior - 1965
• TR 3 -Link to parts manual:- http://www.instruction-manuals.co.uk/category/vans/TR3.htm
• Aveling Barford Vibra - pedestrian rollers
• Aveling Barford Vibra Victor a ride on derived from the pedestrian roller.

[edit] Preserved Diesel Rollers

• Barford & Perkins TH-D 10 ton of 1928
• A 2½ Ton of 1932 Reg No. AB556 - http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJ16
• DX Type of 1938 No. AD 159 - http://www.geocities.com/ff4913/dxcrane.html
• GH nos. 112 & 118 are preserved at the Walton Hall Collection in Essex.
• GN s s/n 2354 (at Threkeld Mining museum Cunbria), as part of the VET collection.

GN Roller

[edit] Dump Truck Model Range

• Aveling Barford SY7 - Post war rigid dump truck
• Aveling Barford SN range - post war range of HD trucks built in the mining and motorway building boom of the 1950/60s.
• Aveling Barford Centaur 50 - from the 1960s/70 ?

• Aveling Barford RD 017 - 17 ton capacity
• Aveling Barford RD 030
• Aveling Barford RD 040
• Aveling Barford RD 050
• Aveling Barford RD 55
• Aveling Barford RD 085 - 85 ton capacity 1981 (only Prototype built before Co. Collapsed)
• Aveling Barford RD 150
• Aveling Barford RD 255
• Aveling Barford RD 250

[edit] Miscellaneous machines

• Aveling Austin 99H - 1940s built Grader line
• Calfdozer
• Aveling Barford Loading Shovel range 8 Model range from 1.0 m3 to 4.8 m3 - (details of models required)

[edit] Preserved Other Machines

• An ex War Department Grader is in the S.E. Davis & Son Ltd. Collection.
• And the Vintage Excavator Trust (VET) collection has an Aveling-Barford dump truck as well as a similar size machine from competitor Terex, built at Motherwell.

[edit] See also

• AGE Engineering combine formed in the 1920's. Avelings was a member of group till it went bust
• Aveling & Porter
• Aveling Marshall
• Barford & Perkins
• Goodwin, Barsby & Co.
• Moxy
• Road Roller Association for collectors of road rollers.

[edit] References / sources

1. ↑ The rise & fall of Aveling-Barford, 1933-88, ISBN 0-906338-16-6

• wikipedia
• Article on Aveling and Porter
• Classic Plant & Machinery Magazine
• Old Glory Magazine
• Reference: steam scene website

[edit] External links

• http://www.steamscenes.org.uk
• http://www.RRA.org.uk
• http://www.sharpos-world.co.uk
• http://www.geocities.com/ff4913/aveling.html
• http://www.geocities.com/avelingbarfordac604/
• Model steam rollers engines http://www.forest-classics.co.uk/aveleing_and_porter_road_tractor.htm