Made for the US military
Image: A 1962 factory photo of an M.R.S. model I-90 tractor unit with normal factory accessories (including the dozer blade). This is a Cummins C-160 CI-powered...
Category : Classic Machines
The launch of the modular concept motor scraper
Image: Pictured at the last ‘Wheels Over Wanaka’ machinery show is this beautifully restored late-production IH 433 with Pay-Mate attachment, belonging to J.B. Richardson of...
A very large motor scraper
Image: Following their removal from production for engine and structural upgrades, a model 562B series was introduced and this is one of them. Even fewer...
The very British self-propelled motor grader
Image: An Austin-Western Pacer 300, the motor grader on which Aveling-Barford’s highly successful model 99-H was based. Over 60 years old, this example is having...
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...
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...