Whitlock
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Whitlock Bros. of Great Yeldham, in Essex, Built the Dinkum Digger under licence from the inventor Scotsman; Robert Ewan, from Fife. The Dinkum was as Backhoe attatchment for Fordson and Ferguson tractors. Next was the Dinkum 60 and Dinkum Major built on a Fordson Major base unit.
They were exported to Australia, in 1958 being imported and sold by their agent Lougth Equipment PTY.[1]
They also started building an early ADT called the DD95 based on a Fordson tractor. The dumper was an 11 ton unit with a 95 hp tractor with 6F + 2R manual gearbox. A lower powered version the DD75 was also built. Later a Hydrostatic model was created with a 105 hp transverse engine and a 12 ton capacity called the DD105. This was not a big seller and was considered as before its time.[2]
Whitlock was taken over by Hymac owner Powell Duffryn in the 1972, for £1.2 million.
The Firms backhoe loader range was incorporated into Hymacs line up to complement the 360 excavator range. The production moved to Hymacs factory at Rymmny in wales, and the site taken over by the new Volvo UK operation.[3]
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[edit] Model Range
- Whitlock Dinkum Digger
- Whitlock Dinkum 60
- Whitlock Dinkum Major
- Whitlock Digger
- Whitlock 105
- Whitlock 303 1964
- Whitlock 405 1965-67 360 deg excavator on a tractor, with dozer blade. Built on aFord 5000
- Whitlock 505 1967 ? 75 hp Ford 5000 engine
- Whitlock DD95 Dumptruck - 95 hp 11 ton capacity
- Whitlock DD75 Dumptruck - 67 hp 11 ton capacity
- Whitlock Ransomes MG Crane Miniature yard crane based on a Ransomes MG tractor
[edit] Machines in preservation
please list any known machines below.
[edit] See also
[edit] Reference / sources
- ↑ Tractor tales
- ↑ CP&M Vol3, No.12, August 2005
- ↑ Old Tractor Magazine No.63
