Hudson Kiwi Crane

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Hudson Kiwi Crane

Post #1 by 7480 » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:47 pm

Found this in a scrap yard
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Post #2 by DaveS » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:53 pm

Good find! And another machine based on the Fordson Major, and built by Hudson's of Leeds.

Somewhat similar idea to the IH based cranes of the same era.

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Post #3 by 7480 » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:09 pm

The rest of it
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Post #4 by XS650 » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:22 am

Interresting pics , another Major conversion i've never seen before. At a recent farm sale there was the back half of a Hudson artic Dumper converted to a trailer.
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Post #5 by DaveS » Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:21 am

The Hudson 'Leedsall' dumpers were just trailers really, with another type of weight transfer hitch like the Shawnee-Poole, Wickham, Goose, Greatbatch, TBF Thompson, King, Massey Ferguson etc. and the tractor retained its front wheels so were not an artic in the pivot steer sense.

Many of these conversions (hundreds!) were separated and the Major or Ford 5000 went for export and the trailers still survive. Harold Poole told me that the one thing that was wrong with them was that they were too well built!

Its amazing how many conversions were around; Steelfab alone were selling ten Shawnee-Poole dumpers a week for a long, long time.

So, was the Whitlock the only true artic dumper based on a Major skid unit?

Leedsall/Major pictured below. Top heavy or what? :shock:

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Post #6 by XS650 » Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:56 am

Good pic , that was like the Hudson trailer I saw, top heavy looking thing . It was very heavily built, I assumed it was artic but obviously not.
I reckon the Shawnee Pooles sold well because they were cheap (compared to a 10ton dumptruck ) reliable and easy to fix. Bit like a Drott.
I think there was at least one other artic with Major front end , they could 'bunny hop' out of sticky stuff unlike the Whitlock.
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Post #7 by DaveS » Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:54 pm

The Whitlocks up here were known as 'Bucking Broncos' :lol:

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Re: Hudson Kiwi Crane

Post #8 by 7480 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:02 pm

The dump truck driver look a bit unsafe with his soft skin cab.
Also looks a bit under powered, 56hp


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Re: Hudson Kiwi Crane

Post #9 by Manta-gte » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:46 pm

My dad has recently purchased the crane in the pictures above, can anyone give me any history on it eg number made, has anyone else got one. After hours of trawling google, yahoo and various search engines we cannpt find anything out about them or any other pictures or info.
Any links to sites would be helpful too.


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Re: Hudson Kiwi Crane

Post #10 by Mick S » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:51 am

Another new member here . Despite a life spent on the outskirts of the plant job I'd never heard of Kiwi cranes until yesterday when a guy I was buying some bits off asked if I knew where he could find any bits for them , particularly the hydraulic pump coupling on the front of the crank . Any bright ideas ? We may end up going in circles here because he is in North Yorks as are some of the other interested parties , but then they were made in Leeds so I suppose its hardly surprising . He asked me about them because he knew I ship vehicles from New Zealand which is apparently where a lot of them went so if anybody else is looking for something obscure , old and British , email me on walnutfarm@hotmail.co.uk and I'll make some enquiries . I shall probably be back Downunder in the next 2 months so don't delay . Likewise I can probably help with shipping once I'm there - I currently have some container space available but when I buy a third truck that will be seriously reduced


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