Tag : Aveling-Barford

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The very British self-propelled motor grader

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Image: An Austin-Western Pacer 300, the motor grader on which Aveling-Barford’s highly successful model 99-H was based. Over 60 years old, this example is having...
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Forgotten companies: Austin-Western

Contractor Magazine
Our subject this month is Austin-Western, a highly innovative  company who manufactured a wide range of machinery from the late 1800s through to 1973 when...
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Aveling-Barford’s motor graders

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Aveling-Barford was formed in 1934 from the merger of two long established British companies – Aveling & Porter (est.1862) and Barford & Perkins (est. 1860)....