Category : Tractors

CletracTractors

Forgotten companies – Cletrac

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In its heyday, Cletrac was quite an innovator and made a wide range of track type tractors which were very popular. Today, it is almost...
Allis-ChalmersContractorTractors

Classic Machines: The Allis-Chalmers HD-5

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Allis-Chalmers always had a good reputation for making reliable and versatile track type tractors, but its new HD-5 introduced in 1946 exceeded all expectations. By...
CaterpillarTractors

The Caterpillar D5 & D5B track-type tractors

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Classic MachinesTractors

The Terex 82-20 crawler tractor

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Smallest of all the production Terex track type tractors, the 82-20 was designed to expand Terex’s market share of the crawler tractor business and take...
Allis-ChalmersTractors

The Allis-Chalmers HD-19 revisited

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Allis-Chalmers led the charge for a bigger, higher horsepower track type tractor following World War Two. The resulting model HD-19 was a breakthrough in many...
CaterpillarTractors

Caterpillar’s D7 tractor -‘the early years’

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The iconic Caterpillar D7 has been in continuous production in various versions since 1935. It has fought in three major conflicts – WWII, Korea &...
TractorsVickers

Classic Machines: The Vickers VR180 tractor

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Classic MachinesTractors

The Allis-Chalmers HD-16 tractor

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Replacing the previous model HD-15 in the Allis-Chalmers line of track type tractors the HD-16 was introduced with much fanfare in 1955.   By Richard Campbell...
EuclidTrack typeTractors

The Euclid C-6 crawler tractor

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