Whitlock Dinkum Digger

Whitlock Dinkum Digger in Arabesque, Movie, 1966

Class: Others, Construction & Engineering vehicle — Model origin:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
stronghold ◊ 2007-03-15 04:35	also partially seen here:- /vehicle.php?id=93760
Citsa ◊ 2007-03-16 23:52	The yellow tractor-based vehicle is a Case 430 Construction King. Don't know the others.
sixcyl ◊ 2007-10-28 22:51
jcb ◊ 2007-11-28 10:54	This is definitely a Whitlock Dinkum Digger (British -Fordson Major based) not a Case.
Sunbar ◊ 2007-11-28 12:06	...so Fordson Major tractor with Whitlock Dinkum Digger (rather than Whitlock as manufacturer)? -- Last edit: 2007-11-28 12:13:12
Sunbar ◊ 2007-11-28 12:11	source www.greenmountpress.com.au/cottongrower/issues/237ndcot02/tractortales.pdf The first hydraulic backhoe, designed to be attached to the rear of a tractor, was the Dinkum Digger created by a Scotsman named Robert Ewan. The prototype was tested in Cupar, Fife, in 1952 with the co-operation of Gavin Reekie, who owned a Ferguson tractor dealership in the nearby village of Ladybank. ..... "Dinkum" is not an original colloquial Aussie term but is in fact a Scottish word.
jcb ◊ 2007-11-30 11:40	The make is 'Whitlock' they used fordson major engines and transmissions like JCB and others.
Sunbar ◊ 2007-11-30 11:49	Thanks jcb.