Various loaders

[pk1200]

John
Thank you once again for this information and photos.since these machines were on demo,who/what were the opposition at this time?

[essexpete]

I think the pictures are of the earlier LM500 machine. The arms only have one set of inter-levers on each side and roll back on the ground was almost non existant. Chaseside sold the idea of auto crowd as you lifted, which was OK in certain conditions but not always. John will no doubt confirm but these models would have competed with the Weatherill 2 and 12 H, the Bray BL 35 and the Muir Hill 2WL.
The Chaseside (IMHO) was not a bad machine to drive in its day. The operator had clear access both sides for entry without climbing over the arms, the manual gear lever was well positioned on a remote box and the steering was surprisingly light even without power steering. The Major engine was under powered and could get hot if pushed too hard.
Same operator in all the pictures, he must have been the the Chaseside Demonstration man. Once again thanks go to John for providing some great period photos for all of us share.

[pk1200]

Here is another few.

[essexpete]

Wow that is a very early Weatherill 2H Fordson Major skid, (where is John T?). It would probably be 1954 or earlier. It has a single crowd ram and a bucket that was left over from the early trip loader. The arms are RSJs where as later ones were profiled.

[XS650]

Great find , never seen early Weatherill 2H like this. Looks very original and complete .
Also identical to the Matchbox model ,even the makers sign on back , great accuracy for their time.

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[essexpete]

One interesting link between Matchbox and Weatherill was that in the 50s they shared adjacent premises in Tottenham. This may account for Matchbox producing at least two Weatherill models. The 2H and, in King size, the 12H. (Info supplied by John T)

[pk1200]

Is VGV908 a reg number and does it relate to this period?

[essexpete]

Yes I think that could relate to a mid 50s period and GV was a Suffolk mark.

[pk1200]

Thanks for that,essexpete

[john]

Hi Pete it is an early Weatherill 2H very early 50's the ballast weight was different on later machines.
in the pictures the manufacturers brass plate can be seen if people looked for these and gave us the number we may be able to find the year of manufacture