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Added by BulldozerD11The 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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History
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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 company 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 chaisse, with removable skips and the ability to fit a backhoe attachment. In 1962 the 4 wd "Alldrive" was introducing with a 2 ton capacity, claimed to "go were other dumper can not go". This was followed by a 3 ton machine in 1965, and which was then followed with the 5 ton capacity "Goliath" in 1974.
The range was updated with the 2 ton Alldrive becoming the "Alldrive 4000" The new 8 ton model of the "Goliath" raising capacity to a new level for site dumpers in the early 1980s.
1986 saw the introduction of the compact "Alldig" backhoe loader. By the 1980s they had introduce Torque-converter transmissions with shuttle reverse for most of the range. In the mid 1990's the range was updated, with new higher capacity machines.
Around the late seventies / early eighties Thwaites Engineering built a prototype Telescopic Handler, but they never went into production with it.[citation (source) needed] Do any photos exist of this machine ?
Model Range
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Added by BulldozerD11- 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 198?
- 2 ton Alldrive 4000
- Thwaites Alldig 6 ton Compact Backhoe loader 1986
Preservation
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Please add details of any machines in preservation. A few collectors have Thwaites Alldig machines in there collections but dumpers in general are not a common item at shows, most older ones being kept as a yard machine to use on farms or by self builders.
If you have a machine restored or in original condition please add details as we are lacking examples of these once popular machines.
See also
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Other manufacturers of Site dumpers are:
- Barford
- Benford - now part of Terex
- JCB
- Liner
- List of Construction Plant Manufacturers
- Construction Plant
- Construction Plant Dealers
- Web Site Links - general links list
Reference
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- Thwaites web site here
- Classic Plant & Machinery Magazine
External links
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Thwaites current product list :- http://www.thwaitesdumpers.co.uk/products.php
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