The Allis-Chalmers HD-19 tractor
Allis-Chalmers was the first heavy machinery builder to enter the big track-type tractor development race immediately following World War II. Richard Campbell looks at its...
Category : Classic Machines
The history of the towed scraper
Before the motor scraper there was the towed scraper – one of the first types of bulk earthmoving equipment to be invented. RICHARD CAMPBELL looks...
LeTourneau’s Model C Tournapull scraper
Perhaps no other motor scraper in the history of the genre helped to change the way that contractors thought about moving earth than the LeTourneau...
The Hewco LD3 Scoopmobile
This rather interesting piece of machinery can trace its origins through three decades and three countries: the USA, Australia and New Zealand. By Richard Campbell...
The Terex S-11E scraper
Noisy but effective, the Terex S-11E made its mark on New Zealand. By Richard Campbell In 1964 Terex (then known as Euclid) entered the elevating...
The Allis-Chalmers 260E scraper
The Allis-Chalmers 260E elevating scraper was one of the quartet of elevating scrapers which appeared in the mid 1960s to challenge LeTourneau-Westinghouse’s dominance in the...
Wabco’s 101F elevating scraper
Probably the most unusual looking elevating scraper ever put into production, the Wabco 101F made its first appearance in 1970. By Richard Campbell An entirely...
International-Harvester’s E270 Payscraper
A logical development of its existing model 270 single engined open bowl PayScraper, International began design work on what was to become the E270 PayScraper...