Forgotten companies: Champion
It was only 28 years ago that the name Champion vanished from the earthmoving scene, but ask someone today about Champion equipment and you will...
Category : Classic Machines
Classic Machines: The Allis-Chalmers TS-260 scraper revisited
Sometimes persistence really does pay off. Even more rewarding when it was someone else’s idea. Getting stuck in and ironing out the bugs can be...
The Wheel Loader: A useful piece of equipment
When we ask our Contractor readers what they never miss in the magazine- it is the historical projects and Classic Machines which is written by Richard Campbell. So we...
Let’s Make A Big Loader – The Caterpillar 983 loader
Caterpillar’s model 983 Traxcavator is the largest track type loader the Company has ever produced in it’s 90+ year history. Due to the rise in...
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Some ideas are brilliant but never seem to catch on, some are basically flawed from the start and others are the subject of nightmares and...
The Allis-Chalmers HD-20, last of A-C’s GM-powered Crawlers
A big tractor in its day, The Allis-Chalmers HD-20 was another part of the power struggle that took place between Allis-Chalmers and International-Harvester during the...
Classic Machines: Euclid’s 16TDT twin powered scraper
One of Euclid’s earliest twin powered scrapers, the Euclid 16TDT was a progressive development of that Company’s experiments with tandem powered earthmovers and it created...
Classic Machines: The Wabco 35 Haulpak
While somewhat better known for its range of scrapers, LeTourneau-Westinghouse (later Wabco) sought to diversify and expand its product range in the late 1950s. The...
Classic machines: The Caterpillar 615 scraper
Filling a hole in the (then) lineup of Caterpillar elevating scrapers, the Caterpillar model 615 was a great little machine with some features unique to...
Classic machines: The Michigan 110-15 scraper
Clark-Michigan is a name more commonly known to New Zealand contractors for their range of wheel loaders rather than motor scrapers. However the Michigan range...