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Winget 2S Site Dumper

Winget 2S in The Gods Must Be Crazy, Movie, 1980 IMDB

Class: Others, Construction & Engineering vehicle — Model origin: UK — Made for: ZA

Winget 2S Site Dumper

Pos: 00:59:44 [*][*][*] Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

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Alexander DE

2005-11-28 21:22

[Image: thegodsmustbecrazy45dumper3pa.8239.jpg] [Image: seriesi1954569cd.7656.jpg]

antp BE

2005-11-28 22:17

Hmmm you're a little optimistic if you hope that this thing will be identified :D

Alexander DE

2005-11-28 22:43

Quote Hmmm you're a little optimistic if you hope that this thing will be identified :D

Perhaps someone has books on dumpers. The number of makers is limited. This one is two-wheel-drive from around 1950-60, I guess. In Germany Zettelmayer was the first to produce dumpers in 1947, followed by Orenstein & Koppel in 1954. The idea started in the US and soon spread over all countries.
As this is a South-African film which was made in Botswana it is most likely that it is a US or British make.

Let's see who will identify it: the hunt is on!

stronghold EN

2005-11-29 17:24

..If it's british...it could be a Barford.?

Alexander DE

2005-11-29 21:58

Quote ..If it's british...it could be a Barford.?

That is a very good tip, indeed!

I found a (not very good) picture of a Barford brochure (showing model Bison, Beaver, or Bantam of 1970).
[Image: barford3op.594.jpg]

Let me take that down as the maker. I will make some enquiries which model this one is.

antp BE

2005-11-29 22:01

If you can even identify that, how come that there are still so many unidentified cars on the site ? :lol:
Nice work ;)

Alexander DE

2005-11-29 22:25

Quote If you can even identify that, how come that there are still so many unidentified cars on the site ? :lol:
Nice work ;)

Well, that is teamwork at its best! :)
With a good hint you can find almost anything!

PS: I just sent an eMail to the Barford company. Let's see if they can confirm it.

datsunZ IT

2006-10-13 14:02

stronghold wrote ..If it's british...it could be a Barford.?


Aveling-Barford,a Brand merged by Leyland into '60s(recall those front tipper bucket trucks thru a Dinky model toy seen on a 1977-78 catalogue)

datsunZ IT

2006-10-13 14:05


Also the tent-roofed bus isn't less interesting,being a 1970 circa Nissan Civilian modified as desert shuttle-bus

sixcyl FR

2006-10-13 14:12

antp wrote If you can even identify that, how come that there are still so many unidentified cars on the site ? :lol:
Nice work ;)


...perhaps because Alex is sometimes too lazy... :whistle:

sixcyl FR

2006-10-13 14:15

So Barford? because it missed its Aveling parts of body ? :D
seriously, Aveling-Barford or Barford? ... I'd tend to the first personnally but.. ;)

datsunZ IT

2006-10-13 16:10

sixcyl wrote So Barford? because it missed its Aveling parts of body ? :D
seriously, Aveling-Barford or Barford? ... I'd tend to the first personnally but.. ;)


Aveling-Barford was also Make of heavy quarry-dumpers

Alexander DE

2006-10-13 20:41

sixcyl wrote So Barford? because it missed its Aveling parts of body ? :D
seriously, Aveling-Barford or Barford? ... I'd tend to the first personnally but.. ;)

Aveling-Barford became part of Wordsworth Holdings which set up a new branch of small site dumpers under the name Barford.
Have a look at the eighth paragraph here.

Alexander DE

2006-10-13 20:53

sixcyl wrote ...perhaps because Alex is sometimes too lazy... :whistle:

:lol:

Actually I don't want to deprive all the others of the fun of identifying an unknown vehicle! :D
With every sixth new make being identified or send in by me I am already very selfish! ;)


-- Last edit: 2006-10-15 22:23:10 (sixcyl)

sixcyl FR

2006-10-15 22:21

Alexander wrote
:lol:

Actually I don't want to deprive all the others of the fun of identifying an unknown vehicle! :D
With every sixth new make being identified or send in by me I am already very selfish! ;)



Vantard! :lol: ... (sorry but I don't know translation in english :/ ... and it's just a joke for kidding :D )

-- Last edit: 2006-10-15 22:25:04

Alexander DE

2006-10-16 01:13

You asked for it ... :D



PS: It's actually true! ;)

johnfromstaffs EN

2008-01-20 22:50

But how do you know that it's not a Benford or a Thwaites?? It looks to have room only for a small two cylinder Lister or Petter engine, which would indicate those two makes.

-- Last edit: 2008-01-20 22:53:32

landrover CA

2009-11-16 19:55

winget fits the bill as well [Image: M03680_1.jpg]

-- Last edit: 2009-11-16 20:01:34

oldbarford SX

2010-02-25 13:52

Hi,
I have the operator and parts manual for the Winget 2S Site Dumper. The dumper above matches in several ways, namely (i) near right angled mudguards, (2) foot rests (3) non protruding axles bearing through the wheels which is what you would see with a barford of belton). What makes it look odd is that the Gearbox / Engine covers are sitting in an unusal position as though they have been bolted into a vertical position (possibly as the engine behind it is a modified / larger engine).
The reason why I know it is not a barford of belton dumper is that I have one. It has six studs on the front Wheels, the Winget only has 5.

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