Merton 130B loader?

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Merton 130B loader?

Post #1 by kunu1976 » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:01 pm

Does anybody have pictures or specs of Merton 130B loader? Was it the biggest rigid- frame wheel loader Merton manufactured?

I only found out (Tractorwiki) there was that kind of loader.

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Re: Merton 130B loader?

Post #2 by Holger » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:27 pm

Welcome to CMN!

The only pics I can find:
http://www.album-mmt.it/foto/v/la-storia-delle-mmt/mmt-storiche---gli-anni-70/pale-gommate_002/0_Merton_130B_anni70.jpg.html

http://www.album-mmt.it/foto/v/la-storia-delle-mmt/mmt-storiche---gli-anni-60/pale-gommate_001/0%20Merton%20a60%20palagomm_003.jpg.html

Merton 100B:
http://www.album-mmt.it/foto/v/la-storia-delle-mmt/mmt-storiche---gli-anni-60/pale-gommate_001/0%20Merton-4wd-100B%20a60%20palagomm.jpg.html

Unknown:
http://www.album-mmt.it/foto/v/la-storia-delle-mmt/mmt-storiche---gli-anni-50/pale-gommate/0%20Merton%20a50%20palagomm.jpg.html
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Re: Merton 130B loader?

Post #3 by BulldozerD11 » Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:37 pm



Last ones a Merton Frontloader 59

the photos look same as on my site but who had them first i dont know as not uploaded by me

One of those makes very little about, but has been mentioned in CP&M magazine Feb issue in article about Whitlock by plant and vehicle expert Nick Baldwin.
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Re: Merton 130B loader?

Post #4 by FOWLER MAN » Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:01 pm

HI Tom,
Got this on my computer, I think the 180 was probably the biggest they ever turned out.
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Re: Merton 130B loader?

Post #5 by kunu1976 » Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:35 pm

Thanks for help, guys! So the name changed for whitlock...I dont even heard of that name before.
Have to go google and find out about this "whitlock"
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Post #6 by FOWLER MAN » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:19 pm

kunu1976 wrote:Thanks for help, guys! So the name changed for whitlock...I dont even heard of that name before.
Have to go google and find out about this "whitlock"


Hello again Tom.
Theres quite a bit of Whitlock stuff on here, just search for " Anyting Whitlock."
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Re: Merton 130B loader?

Post #7 by Martyn Henley » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:11 am

Anything Whitlock ( Diggers, dump trucks, cranes et al )

here you are Tom ... save you searching the index page :thumbup:

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Re: Merton 130B loader?

Post #8 by deltasierra » Sun May 08, 2011 8:22 pm

Merton was very much an also-ran in the loader market Bray and Muir Hill sold far more and they were overshadowed by Cat, Hough and the other big firms, We had a 100 B, it had a Ford 6D engine and a Brockhouse TTT trans its weak point was the axles . Although it would push and lift big loads the axles kept cracking so the only cure was find a pair of better axles - we didnt bother.
BTW Whitlock sold a lot of Ford based "Dinkum" diggers and were cheaper than the original JCBs but then Mr Bamford made BMC/Leyland improve the tractor skid unit and the rest is history. Did Whitlock get merged eventually with Hymac or am I mistaken
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Re: Merton 130B loader?

Post #9 by john » Sun May 08, 2011 8:34 pm

I have attached the spec of the Merto120B
Hope it is of help
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