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Thwaites

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A typical used Thwaites dumper as offered in plant and machinery Auctions regularly

The Thwaites company based in Warwickshire, England is best known as a dumper truck manufacturer. the company was founded by Basil Thwaites in 1937 as an Agricultural Engineering company. Basil Thwaites was from the Yorkshire brewing family.

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[edit] History

Founded in 1937 as "Thwaites Agricultural Engineering" company, in Cubbington. They built a wide range of machinery, Milking machines, Trailers and Forage harvesters over the years. In 1943 he invented a high speed tractor, with a 24 hp Ford TVO engine.

The first machine for construction was a Brick Elevator (mechanical hod carrier) built in the late 1940's. The first Dumper was a 3 wheeled machine, powered by a 6hp single cylinder Petter engine, driving by a 3 speed gearbox. The skip was a 10 cu ft capacity of wet concrete or 15 cwt (750 kg). This was followed by a 4 wheel version in 1953. In 1954 the name was changed to "Thwaites Engineering Ltd", and the agricultural products dropped. The Multi-Skip was a inter changeable skip carrier.

Various other models followed, with the "Tusker", a multi-purpose chaise, with removable skips and the ability to fit a backhoe attachment. In 1962 introducing the 4 wd "Alldrive" with a 2 ton capacity to go were other dumper can not go. Followed by a 3 ton machine in 1965, and followed with a 5 ton capacity "Goliath" in 1974.

The range was updated with the 2 ton Alldrive becoming the "Alldrive 4000" The 8 ton "Goliath" raising capacity to a new level. 1986 saw the introduction of the compact "Alldig" backhoe loader. By the 1980s they introduce Torque-converter transmissions with shuttle reverse. In the mid 1990's the range was updated, with new higher capacity machines.

[edit] Model Range

  • Brick Hoist 1948
  • 15 cwt Dumper (3 wheel)
  • 15 cwt Dumper (4 wheel)
  • Jumbo Dumper
  • Multi skip
  • Tusker Dumper digger
  • Side tiping Dumper
  • 2 ton Alldrive 1962
  • 3 ton Alldrive 1965
  • 5 ton Goliath 1974
  • 8 ton Goliath
  • 2 ton Alldrive 4000
  • Thwaites Alldig 6 ton Compact Backhoe loader 1986

[edit] Preservation

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[edit] See also

Other manufacturers of Site dumpers are:

[edit] Reference

[edit] Links

Thwaites current product list :- http://www.thwaitesdumpers.co.uk/products.php


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