Category : Classic Machines
Forgotten companies: LaPlant-Choate
LaPlant-Choate is not a well-known name in New Zealand. In fact if you mentioned it to a contractor today he would probably give you a very...
The IH TD-25 tractor
Following on from its very successful model TD-24, International Harvester introduced its successor, the TD-25 in 1959. Rather than being a scaled up version of...
The Caterpillar DW10 scraper
The Cat DW10 was the second article of mine that was published in Contractor, in June 2002, and was a single page offering with only...
Forgotten companies: GarWood
Some heavy haulage operators may be familiar with the name GarWood as a premier manufacturer of heavy duty towing winches used on transporter-equipped trucks. However, it may...
The Terex 72-81 wheel loader
Following on from the success of its smaller 72 series wheel loaders, Terex decided to take on the big boys with the 72-81. By Richard...
The Caterpillar 651 scraper
This month we have a closer look at the largest two-axle, single-engined scraper that Caterpillar has produced so far. by RICHARD CAMPBELL Designed for fleet...
The Caterpillar DW20 motor scraper
Back in the June 2006 issue of Contractor we had a look at one of Caterpillar’s most successful motor scrapers of the 1950s, the model...
Mississippi Road Supply
Back in the November 2005 issue of Contractor we had brief look at the M.R.S Company (Mississippi Road Supply) of Flora, Mississippi, USA. I didn’t...