Muir Hill loaders
Muir Hill loaders
Does anyone know or have any photographs of the the actual machines which Matchbox/Lesney based the #29 tractor shovel toy from ?
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Re: Muir Hill loaders
Hi Craig and welcome to the site 
the short answer is that I don't know exactly what Muir Hill tractor model this was based on, the company made various tractors of that type of design from the late sixties to around the mid seventies, the shovel fitting was not standard equipment from what I can gather.
Perhaps somebody else here knows a little more information and can offer some advice.
Jeremy
the short answer is that I don't know exactly what Muir Hill tractor model this was based on, the company made various tractors of that type of design from the late sixties to around the mid seventies, the shovel fitting was not standard equipment from what I can gather.Perhaps somebody else here knows a little more information and can offer some advice.
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Re: Muir Hill loaders
Hi,
I hadn't considered this model as a Muir-Hill, but look again and there are similarities when compared to the King-Size 171. A lot of later Matchbox 75 range and King-size models had a considerable amount of artistic licence applied - I'd like to see a 171 with a chrome supercharger scoop on the bonnet!
In the real world it would be mechanically next to useless with a large percentage of the engine in front of the lead axle before adding the loader, lots of tailwagging, and with the lift rams down either side of the bonnet the turning circle would be measured in acres, not feet. For practicality, put the loader the other end in a reverse drive setup and you have a UK built Michigan.
I hadn't considered this model as a Muir-Hill, but look again and there are similarities when compared to the King-Size 171. A lot of later Matchbox 75 range and King-size models had a considerable amount of artistic licence applied - I'd like to see a 171 with a chrome supercharger scoop on the bonnet!
In the real world it would be mechanically next to useless with a large percentage of the engine in front of the lead axle before adding the loader, lots of tailwagging, and with the lift rams down either side of the bonnet the turning circle would be measured in acres, not feet. For practicality, put the loader the other end in a reverse drive setup and you have a UK built Michigan.
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Re: Muir Hill loaders
Thanks for you feedback guys. I know of no Muir Hill machines that made their way down here to the southern antipities
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Re: Muir Hill loaders
As a kid,I had a Matchbox diecast model of a Muir Hill with a detachable (slide-on) blade.
There were Muir-Hill tractors working in Australia in the early 80s ,at a match tree plantation.
These pictures are from a Grays Online Auction 2014 ($7500).
There were Muir-Hill tractors working in Australia in the early 80s ,at a match tree plantation.
These pictures are from a Grays Online Auction 2014 ($7500).
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