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Classic Machines

Earthfill Compaction – A Brief History

Contrafed PUblishing
Good compaction of fill is essential if you are to avoid subsidence. The Romans and Egyptians knew it and so did the so-called “primitive” tribes...
Classic MachinesScrapers

The history of the towed scraper

Contrafed PUblishing
Before the motor scraper there was the towed scraper – one of the first types of bulk earthmoving equipment to be invented.   RICHARD CAMPBELL looks...