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Tree dozer

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Tree dozer

Like a bulldozer, the tree dozer uses a horizontal curved blade to shift heavy loads, in this case trees. This tree dozer, owned by Northland contractor Ben Beasley, is an Allis-Chalmers, and was used between 1967 and 1989.

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Dianne Bardsley, Rural language – Sheep and dairy farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18610/tree-dozer (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Dianne Bardsley, published 1 March 2009.