The Caterpillar DW10: Cat’s first motor scraper
Image: A pair of Caterpillar DW10 1N series with very rare (only 10 were ever built) matching LeTourneau model DLS Carryall scraper and PCU. Location...
Category : Classic Machines
Le Tourneau model D Tournapull
Image: Seen in a field on my travels around the North Island was this early 1960s model D with D scraper. Like some of the...
Clark-Michigan wheel dozers
Image: An earlier model Clark-Michigan 280-II sits in a field awaiting its next call to duty. It is fitted with the standard S-blade, a factory...
The Wabco 101 series elevating scraper
Image: A South Island-based 101F belonging to New Brighton Contractors of Christchurch, engaged in some subdivisional work. The post behind the operator is for a...
John Deere’s first elevating scrapers
Image: Above: A beautifully preserved example of a John Deere 840 elevating scraper on display in the USA. The original extension shaft-driven elevator drive has...
International-Harvester’s 412 Elevating Scraper
Image: Mid-’70s-era International 412 with the optional factory cab fitted. Note that this is a soft cab, ROPS still having to make an appearance when...
Garwood Scrapers
As an earthmoving equipment supplier, Garwood disappeared in the mid-1960s. However, readers may associate the name Garwood with a range of premium heavy haulage winches...
The LeTourneau Tournatractor
One of the most creative minds of his era, and a prolific inventor/designer, Robert LeTourneau first came up with the idea of the Tournatractor in...
The elevating scraper concept and the Cat J621
There has been some considerable debate over who exactly came up with the elevating scraper concept, Johnson or Hancock, as both companies were in Lubbock,...
The Euclid/Terex 82-40
At the request of customers, the Euclid 82-40 was developed to fill a gap between the company’s existing 82-30 and TC-12 dozers. By Richard Campbell....