Tag : Allis-Chalmers

Contractor

The Michigan 110-9 & Hancock 192 elevating scrapers

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The subject(s) of this month’s article occupy a unique niche in the history of elevating scrapers as they are both one and the same machine!...
Forgotten companies

Forgotten companies: Carco

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Many of the readership will identify the name Carco as being associated with logging winches and forestry equipment. However, Carco’s roots go much further back...
Allis-ChalmersTractors

The Allis-Chalmers HD-19 revisited

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Allis-Chalmers led the charge for a bigger, higher horsepower track type tractor following World War Two. The resulting model HD-19 was a breakthrough in many...
Scrapers

Evolution of the Single Axle Scraper

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Grand-daddy of all the scrapers (apart from the horse-drawn, wheel-less Fresno type), the single axle scraper has a niche in the history of earthmoving and...
Allis-Chalmers

A more modern look at the Allis-Chalmers TS-200 motorscraper

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Although it was not an original Allis-Chalmers design, the model TS-200 motorscraper paved the way for a far more successful machine in Allis’ product line,...
International-HarvesterScrapers

International-Harvester’s 2T-55 & 2T-75 PayScrapers

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The late 1940s and early 1950s saw unprecedented growth in earthmoving projects worldwide with demand for new machinery at an all-time high. Some manufacturers were...
Classic Machines

The Clark-Michigan wheel dozers

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Michigan wheel dozers were well accepted by the earthmoving industry and found use in all manner of operations. Michigan was not the first manufacturer to...
Classic MachinesForgotten companies

Forgotten companies: Tractomotive

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