Summary

User guide detailing H.V McKay Massey Harris' Sunduke scarifier. Emphasis is placed on the Patented parts of this piece of equipment. Page 2 lists the features that value adds and produces efficiency with the use of this equipment. Sunduke was produced at this time with steel wheels or pneumatic tyres. The publication was possibly produced during World War II.

Part of a collection of photographs, negatives, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature belonging to the H. V. McKay Sunshine Collection. The McKay collection is regarded as one of the most significant industrial heritage collections in Australia. The collection relates to the agricultural manufacturing firm, the Sunshine Harvester Works. The Australian operations of this company were originally founded by Hugh V. McKay in the 1890s in Ballarat. Between 1906 and 1907, McKay moved production to Sunshine where the firm became one of the largest industrial businesses in Australia. Change in ownership is a recurring theme in the company's history. In 1930, it merged with Massey-Harris to become H.V McKay Massey Harris. In the mid-1950s, the company was absorbed by Canadian agricultural firm Massey-Ferguson. Production in Sunshine ceased in the mid-1980s, following almost 100 years of manufacturing agricultural equipment.

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'OF COURSE YOU KNOW THAT THE SUNDUKE ... '

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