Baker Manufacturing Co
of Chicago
1912 F or ::;mall jobs a nd light work the ordinary ~ocrapcr machine a d e cribed above is too large and unhandy. For such work a light two·wheeled machine is built, weighing only abou t 600 lb. This has been used for shaping the formation of city streetl> previous to paving, lC'velling lawns and building site , in land· scape engine<'rin_g. and in digging and cleaning ditche;, for irri_gation and drainage work. In cities, also, it has been used in the removal of snow. which is scrapt•d to the side of tho str eet ready to be shovelled into wagons. This machine is built by the Baker ) Ianu. fHdnri ug Company, of Chicago, a
1946 Emmanuel Kaye and John Sharp (of Shay Ltd and Lansing Bagnall) became sole agents for Baker electric fork-lift trucks, a relatively unknown type of vehicle in the UK.