Tag : Motor-scraper

LeTourneauModel A TournapullScrapers

LeTourneau’s Model A Tournapull

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R.G LeTourneau conceived the idea of the self-propelled motor scraper while recovering from a near-fatal auto accident.  He approached Caterpillar with the concept but they...
Classic MachinesScrapers

The Allis-Chalmers TS-300 scraper

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The TS-300 was not an original Allis-Chalmers designed machine. Following WWII, the LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a long time builder of dozer...
John Deerethe 5010 scraper

The John Deere 5010 scraper

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all-hydraulicEuclidScraperstandem powered

Euclid’s TS-14 scraper

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Forgotten companies

Forgotten companies: LaPlant-Choate

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LaPlant-Choate is not a well-known name in New Zealand. In fact if you mentioned it to a contractor today he would probably give you a very...