Paul Beal had previously worked for M.T. Agricultural Engineering of Braintree, Essex. U.K. M.T. Agricultural Engineering were mainly involved in building gravel carts for the land drainage industry in the 1970s & 1980s & were most renowned for their self propelled gravel carts that used 4 & 6 cylinder Ford tractors as donor skid units. M.T. Agricultural Engineering were taken over by D.D.T. Engineering Ltd. in 1997 with D.D.T. Engineering Ltd. then selling out to F.N.H. Global in 2000.