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1965 Chaseside Bucket Loader
This may not be an instantly recognisable classic in Concours condition, but it is old, dilapidated, off-the-road and overgrown by nature, so it has already taken my interest! This vehicle is of course, a 1965 Chaseside ‘SL 1000 Super Loadmaster’ bucket loader digger/excavator unit. Chaseside was a pioneering manufacturer of the modern bulldozer + digger as early as the 1930s, and as such, the company was later bought out by the big boys in this British industry - JCB itself in 1968. This example still wears its original, stamped seven-character “C” black plate (heavily faded) Yorkshire region May 1965 registration “GWW 809C”. The digger has remained on this farm in County Durham, Northeast England, U.K. since the late 1980s. According to a member of the family, the diesel engine of this vehicle still turns + runs and is started up every few years by the current owner, to prevent the motor from completely seizing up. Original Chaseside machines, either preserved, or still operational are very rare nowadays.
1965 Chaseside Bucket Loader
This may not be an instantly recognisable classic in Concours condition, but it is old, dilapidated, off-the-road and overgrown by nature, so it has already taken my interest! This vehicle is of course, a 1965 Chaseside ‘SL 1000 Super Loadmaster’ bucket loader digger/excavator unit. Chaseside was a pioneering manufacturer of the modern bulldozer + digger as early as the 1930s, and as such, the company was later bought out by the big boys in this British industry - JCB itself in 1968. This example still wears its original, stamped seven-character “C” black plate (heavily faded) Yorkshire region May 1965 registration “GWW 809C”. The digger has remained on this farm in County Durham, Northeast England, U.K. since the late 1980s. According to a member of the family, the diesel engine of this vehicle still turns + runs and is started up every few years by the current owner, to prevent the motor from completely seizing up. Original Chaseside machines, either preserved, or still operational are very rare nowadays.