In the world of wheeled loaders names such as Case, Hough, Michigan and Yale all made their mark in the 1940s and were soon joined by the likes of Caterpillar and Euclid but, in a collection of pictures recently discovered, two companies whose names have disappeared from most memories were featured in an album compiled by a dealer of construction plant for publicity purposes.
One in particular, Merton Engineering, came up with some interesting and innovative designs whist the other, Tractomotive, featured a range of rear-steer tractor loaders that was soon
