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...
Category : Classic Machines
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...
The Allis-Chalmer’s HD-14 tractor
The Allis-Chalmers HD-14 was introduced in 1939 and was broadly based on that company’s earlier and very successful Model L and LO gasoline powered crawlers....
The Terex 82-50 tractor
The first machine to wear the markings “82-50” appeared in 1967. It was an experimental version of Euclid’s existing model 82-40 track-type tractor powered with...
The Caterpillar 631B scraper
Of all the motor scrapers that Caterpillar has produced through the years, perhaps the most popular in terms of worldwide unit sales is the model...
The Oliver OC-18 tractor
In its heyday, the Oliver Corporation of Cleveland Ohio, USA was a well-respected company manufacturing agricultural tractors and implements. By Richard Campbell. Looking to expand...
The Euclid/Terex S-24 scraper
Designed as a direct replacement for its existing S-18 single engined motor scraper, the Euclid (later Terex) S-24 had a long career and was the...