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,...
Category : Classic Machines
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....
The early Allis-Chalmers HD-16
One of the most popular of all Allis-Chalmers’ track-type tractors, the D8-sized model HD-16, first appeared in 1955 following the discontinuation of the former model...
The rise of the small scraper
Appearing at a time when the popularity of small elevating scrapers was on the rise, the Terex S-11E entered a highly competitive field of machines...
The legendary LeTourneau Super C Tournapull
Apart from the track type tractor, perhaps no other earthmoving machine advanced the art of dirt moving, lowered cost-per-yard, and changed the way contractors thought...
A legendary tractor – the Caterpillar D8
There are not too many tractors that can be considered truly legendary. However, the Caterpillar D8 is one of those machines, and in this issue,...
International-Harvester 175 track loader
Originally introduced in 1963, the International model 175 was broadly based on the company’s model TD-15B track-type tractor. By Richard Campbell. One of a quartet...
A big brute of a machine
Euclid’s S-18 motor scraper is an excellent example of the old adage, “if it looks right, it probably is right”, and went on to form...
Industry’s most successful small elevating scraper
Caterpillar’s 613 is the most successful small elevating scraper ever built, exceeding by a handsome margin any other 11-yard scraper manufacturer in terms of total...
The Liebherr R984
This month’s subject, the Liebherr R984 first saw the light of day in the early 1980s and designed for heavy duty construction, quarrying and mining...