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Tipping Scoop

Photograph courtesy TSA.

Constructed c1920s the tipping scoop evolved from the 1910 buck scoop with wheels to help with transportation of materials. The locally built scoop is solid steel and has one axle with two wheels. It was originally horse-drawn. Dimensions 4.0 x 1.2 x 1.7 m.

Tipping scoops were used for the construction of roads, drains and dams during the 1920s and 1930s. Although it was tractor drawn in later years this scoop, due to its basic construction, could only be used on softer soil materials. The physical operation involved digging the scoop into the earth, carrying it the distance required and pulling down on the handle to discharge the load.

This type of scoop was used primarily in the South East of South Australia and on the Trans-Australia Railway line.

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