Forgotten companies: Isaacson
Back in time when the track type tractor was still considered a new tool for earthmoving, there were dozens of companies offering attachments to outfit...
Category : Classic Machines
Old scrapers in action
In the April issue we featured the making of Auckland International Airport, which opened in January 1966. THE AIRPORT WAS FIRST mooted back in 1929...
The Clark-Michigan wheel dozers
Michigan wheel dozers were well accepted by the earthmoving industry and found use in all manner of operations. Michigan was not the first manufacturer to...
Caterpillar’s Towed Scrapers
For over 30 years, Caterpillar’s towed scrapers were a mainstay of most contractors’ earthmoving fleets. As a one man tool, they could cut spread and...
The Wabco 339F Scraper
With sales of its electrically operated B series Tournapull scrapers slowing down significantly, Wabco realised that it was time to upgrade its large open-bowl scraper...
The Allis-Chalmers HD-6 tractor
For a period of just under 20 years (1955-1974), Allis-Chalmers produced one of the most popular small track type tractors ever built, the model HD-6....
The Allis-Chalmers TS460 motor scraper
Allis-Chalmers was always an innovator when it came to construction equipment although not all of its products were instant successes, its TS460 motor scraper being...
Forgotten companies: Hewco
Our country has produced over the years many forward thinking and innovative companies. In the mid-1940s another one was born, in Huntly of all places,...