I have always had a keen interest in Aveling Barford machinery due to a combination of me being a heavy plant mechanic and because I am from Grantham, Lincolnshire where of course Richard Hornsby started and where Aveling Barford came from.
I started looking for my first classic plant restoration project and I knew I wanted a machine that Barford’s were famous for making… The road roller!
Whilst searching to see what was out and about I really liked the charm of the GA 3 ton tandem model that Barford’s made and decided to focus my search for one. They are still a fairly common machine with
