Category : Classic Machines
The Caterpillar 922 wheel loader
Introduced in 1960, the No.922 Traxcavator was the second Caterpillar wheel loader to be released for sale (the first was the No. 944) and proved...
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...
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...