Terex’s medium-sized elevator
The Terex S-23E elevating scraper was a direct development of that company’s TS-18 twin-powered conventional scraper and also used the same 33TOT series tractor unit...
Category : Classic Machines
Caterpillar’s radical tractor scraper
Image: A New Zealand- based Caterpillar 630B s/n 14G468, ex W. Stevenson & Son, fleet no.344. It is equipped with the standard 630B scraper (s/n...
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...
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...