The remarkable story of Roadless Traction encompasses over sixty years of design and innovation in the fields of transport and agricultural engineering. In this book we follow the fortunes of the company from its earliest roots in tank track designs conceived during the First World war on the battlefields of the Western Front. After years of pioneering work with agricultural crawlers and half-tracks, County introduced its the celebrated range of four-wheel drive and high-horsepower tractors.
Stuart Gibbard traces the history of this company from its birth in 1919 to its decline in 1983. All the main Roadless machines - from steam wagons on tracks to hydrostatic forestry tractors - are dealt with in detail, as are the personalities involved and the important contributions of the founder, Lieut-Col Philip Johnson.