Around the end of the 1950s the Hounslow company Roadless Traction focused its attention on the Land Rover.
The Forestry Commission was having some difficulty with its use of conventional Land Rovers, which were prone to getting stuck on rutted forest tracks and were hampered by fallen trees in cross-country use.
The Machinery Research Officer for the Forestry Commission, Colonel Shaw, suggested that tractor-type 25 X 70cm/ 10 X 28in wheels should be fitted to the Land Rover.
A prototype was built and evaluated in the Alice Holt Forest in Hampshire, England.
The machine had potential but required further development in order to be viable.
A 109 inch wheelbase Land Rover was despatched to Roadless for a redesigned and properly engineered conversion to be effected.
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