J. B. Howie (Dale)
Implement maker at Salford Priors, near Evesham in the Vale of Evesham market-gardening country, whose Dale range included the Bull-Angledozer for the Land Rover, approved by the Rover Company in 1958: a 66-inch hydraulic dozer blade angled 25° either way and raised by a hand pump in the cab, with a 78-inch snow-plough blade interchangeable on the same brackets.
History
J. B. Howie's Dale implements are known from the firm's own two-page leaflet of 1958 for the Bull-Angledozer and Snow-Plough. The dozer was aimed at builders, contractors, farmers and local councils who wanted a Land Rover to do light earthmoving and snow clearance without buying a tractor: the blade hung on brackets at the front of the chassis, was lifted by a single-acting ram from a hand pump beside the driver, and could be set straight or angled to throw spoil to either side; in winter the same brackets took a wider snow-plough blade. Rover listed it among its approved conversions in 1958. No other history of the company, its founder or how many units it sold has been traced.
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Sources & citations
- The Dale Bull-Angledozer and Snow-Plough (J. B. Howie sales leaflet, 1958) ↗ — Land Rover brochure archive (Hermen Vlothuizen) (accessed 2026-09-11)
- The Dale Bull-Angledozer and Snow-Plough, page 2 ↗ — Land Rover brochure archive (Hermen Vlothuizen) (accessed 2026-09-11)
Maker record updated 2026-09-11T08:59:46.416Z · status: draft