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Re: French Dumper
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 11:11 am
by Johnson Dumper
Re: French Dumper
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:41 am
by Johnson Dumper
SAMBRON +/- 1983
Re: French Dumper
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:26 pm
by Johnson Dumper
Termit
Re: French Dumper
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 10:41 am
by Johnson Dumper
Re: French Dumper
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 8:46 am
by Johnson Dumper
SAMBRON BW 'Baby Dumper'
Re: French Dumper
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 11:53 pm
by Osgood
Looks like George Fowell were producing dumpers for the French market - I wonder if this model spawned the similar types shown in some of the brochures on this thread?
I had a drive of this one (which either came back to UK or never went to France!) a couple of weeks ago:
Re: French Dumper
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 8:02 am
by Johnson Dumper
Re: French Dumper
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 9:20 am
by Osgood
Thanks, I like the military (presumably WW2) tow hitch!
So I wonder if the Clowez was a copy of the Fowell, or was the Fowell a copy of the French machine?
George Fowell seemed to have very close connections with France, but I'm struggling to find much early history of the firm.
They were believed to have started dumper production in the early 30s?
Re: French Dumper
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 12:19 pm
by Johnson Dumper
Re: French Dumper
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 7:12 am
by XS650
For the F4250 Sambron must have took a very good examination of a Thwaites
Craig