A 1970s Chaseside Superloadmaster SL1000 Loader Diesel
A 1970s Chaseside Rockmover Dumptruck 4X4 Diesel
A 1970s Chaseside Diesel loader on test at the factory
A 1960s Chaseside Loader Fordson Diesel based Loader
A 1970s Chaseside Demon with four rear wheels for extra traction
A 1960s Chaseside Loader with Fordson Major tractor mechanicals
A 1960s Chaseside Railway Shunter Diesel ex British Railways
A 1970s Chaseside Superloadmaster 800 Diesel Loader
A 1970s Chaseside Dumptruck with a Weatherhill Diesel Loader
A recently restored Chaseside 2 Ton Yardcrane Diesel on display
A 1960s Chaseside Hi-Speed Fordson based Dumper
A 1970s Chaseside Loadmaster LM1000 4WD Loader
A 1970s Chaseside add showing their new models
A 1970s rare Chaseside Dumptruck also Fordson tractor based
A 1970s Chaseside SL1000 Diesel Loader
A 1970s Chaseside LM800 Diesel Loader
An early 1980s Chaseside SL1250 4WD Diesel Loader
A 1960s Chaseside Loadmaster 500 Diesel
A 1960s Chaseside LM700 Diesel Loader
The 1970s Chaseside Model Range that was available
A 1960s Chaseside Underground Drilling Rig for mining
A 1980s Chaseside Superloadmaster SLM2000 4WD Diesel Loader
A 1970s Chaseside SL202 Diesel Loader
A 1960s Chaseside Hi-Lift Loader with a MuirHill sitedumper
A Chaseside Dumptruck with a Chaseside Loadmaster LM1000 4WD
A 1970s Chaseside Superloadmaster SLM2000 4WD Loader Diesel
A later version of the 1970s Chaseside Dumptruck
British Northrop Limited Blackburn factory and a Chaseside LM700 at work
A 1960s Chaseside Hi-Speed Sitedumper based on Fordson parts
A later version of the 1960s Chaseside Demon Loader
A trio of 1930s Chaseside 1 Ton Yardcranes all Fordson tractor based
A 1940s Chaseside Hi-Lift Light Excavator based on Fordson Major tractor
A 1930s Chaseside Superlift early shovel loader
A 1960s Chaseside Hi-Lift Angledozer Loader Diesel
A 1960s Chaseside Loadmaster 800TC Loader Diesel
A 1970s Chaseside Loadmaster LM800 Diesel
A restored 1970s Chaseside Loadmaster Fordson powered
A 1980s Chaseside Loadmaster 700 with Fordson engine
A restored 1960s Chaseside HiLift Fordson powered loader
A rare 1960s Chaseside Loader with Fordson Major E27D engine
A 1960s Chaseside Dumper Diesel
The Chaseside Engineering Company Ltd company was based at Blackburn in Lancashire England and they built some of the earliest loaders and cranes all based on Fordson farm tractors. The company was founded in Middlesex in 1937. The firm also made the Northrop tractor an early UK built high horsepower Four-wheel drive tractor which effectivly became the Muir-Hill range when its inventor/designer moved companies.Chaseside was sold out to JCB in 1968, and the brand name was soon dropped.
History[]
The company was founded in 1937 from a small factory at Enfield in Middlesex originally making several tractor parts for domestic loader and tractor manufacturers. They introduced a early cable operated loader and a crane based on the Fordson N tractor. By the 1940s Chaseside needed to find another new factory to accommodate the expanding business and some production moved north to the Station Road site in Hertford where they operated from a much larger premises. This allowed Chaseside to develop their model range and launched a new batch of loaders, new cranes and for the first time dumptrucks an all new concept Chaseside were developing on. The MD was a Gordon Jackson in the late 1950s / early 1960s.
They merged with British Northrop in the 1950s, a cotton mill loom manufacturer who had spare foundry capacity as the UK mill industry declined and wanted to diversify their model range. Chaseside needed investment for a second factory for larger model production and relocated manufacturing to the Northrop factory in Blackburn Lancashire. Most of the workforce stayed in the south and found new jobs.
They introduced the 4WD Northrop tractor under design engineer David J. B.Brown who latter went on to work for Muir-Hill and then founded ADT maker Artix, which later sold out to Caterpillar Inc.
Chaseside were taken over by JCB in 1968 for their seven model loading shovel range. JCB paid a reputed fee of £100,000 for the work-in progress, intellectual property, stock, tooling and order book etc. The production of Northrop tractors stopped, with JCB putting the last 2 made to work on their farm estate.
Loading Shovel production transferred to Rocester in Staffordshire in 1969, with production of other machines all being dropped.
JCB went onto develop a new range of Loading shovels in 1971 with the 400 series of 413, 415 & 418 models (see JCB for details and more information after this period).
Model Range[]
- Chaseside Loader
- Chaseside Demon Loader
- Chaseside Railway Shunter
- Chaseside Hi-Lift Loader
- Chaseside Hi-Lift Light Excavator
- Chaseside Hi-Speed sitedumper
- Chaseside Dumptruck Diesel
- Chaseside Rockmover Dumptruck 4WD
- Chaseside Superlift Shovel
- Chaseside Yardcrane
- Chaseside 1 ton Crane
- Chaseside 2 ton Crane
- Chaseside 30cwt Dumper
- Chaseside Loading Shovel range;
- Chaseside SL800 loader
- Chaseside SL 1000
- Chaseside SL1250 Loader
- Chaseside Loadmaster LM Loader Series
- Chaseside Superloadmaster SL Loader Series
- JCB re-badged the machines in 1969 following transfer of production to JCB at Rocester.
Preserved Machines[]
There are a few of the early fordson based machines restored and on the Rally circuit.
Chaseside Crane at Belvoir Castle Rally 2008
An Unrestored Chaseside shovel at GDSF 2008 on loader duty with a crusher
An Unrestored Chaseside 2 ton Crane based on a Fordson E1A Major tractor seen in 2009
Patents[]
The company obtained a number of patents related to the design of wheeled loaders and other plant designed by David J. B.Brown as cheif engineer.
- Z-bar loader linkage - http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3224607.html
See also[]
- JCB
- Northrop tractors
- Fordson
- Fordson E27N Major
Scale models[]
- Several scale model versions available from: Langley Models
References[]
- Ford Tractor Conversions By Stuart Gibbard
- Tractor & Machinery Magazine
- Classic Tractor Magazine
- 50 Golden years By JCB
- The first 50 years, a history of JCB
- Classic Plant & Machinery Magazine
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- Memories of Chaseside - has old factory photos - Hertford Council history web site
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