The Euclid S-7 scraper
The legendary Euclid by Richard Campbell THE Euclid S-7 was a highly successful machine, occupying a fairly unique space in the history of the evolution...
Category : Classic Machines
The Allis-Chalmers TS-300 scraper
The TS-300 was not an original Allis-Chalmers designed machine. Following WWII, the LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a long time builder of dozer...
International-Harvester’s E200 scraper
One of the first companies to realize the benefits an elevating scraper could offer the smaller earthmoving contractor was International Harvester, which introduced the model...
The Caterpillar 666 motor scraper
Following requests from a number of our readers, this month’s featured machine is the Caterpillar 666, however, no 666s were ever imported into New Zealand....
The Wabco D/111A elevating scraper
Having covered the conventional model D scraper in the April 2008 edition of Contractor mention was made of the most significant offshoot of this machine,...
The Caterpillar J621 elevating scraper
A logical development of the Caterpillar J619, Caterpillar’s J621 elevating scraper was introduced in 1965. By Richard Campbell The Caterpillar J621 was a pairing of...
Schield’s Bantam excavator
Tracing its roots back to brothers Vern and Wilbur Schield’s original prototype manufactured in 1946, the Bantam, or more properly the model C-35 cable excavator,...
The Euclid TS-24 motor scraper
Euclid TS-24s were a major influence in shaping New Zealand, responsible for opening up many areas of the country. By Richard Campbell The Euclid TS-24...