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Originally Posted by Andrew Gibb
G'day mate. You certainly have done a nice job. However the engine was built as a roller and worked as a roller in Sydney.
As with many Aveling rollers sold to Australia, to avoid higher import tariffs for imported steam rollers (as there was a small roller manufacturing base in Australia that the Federal Government was trying to protect) the agent Noyes Bros imported the rollers on TE wheels, then added the locally made roller components here. Apart from the Works photo of one looking silly with the strange chimney base casting (see Michael Lane's Aveling book), I don't think there is any record of any actually staying on TE wheels once in Australia. If a customer wanted one like that, they would have bought a convertible. It's a no brainer.
So you have got yourself a wrecked roller now converted to a traction engine. No more, no less.
Cheers,
G.
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You seem to have two stories here one you say it's a roller and the other a traction engine !!!! The works order say Tractor so put it back to tractor not a half cocked Australian roller