A 16-ton beast: the Oliver OC-18
Image: Oliver promotional photo of an OC-18, taken on a highway construction job in the USA. The machine has a Heil cable-controlled straight blade with...
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Terex’s medium-sized elevator
The Terex S-23E elevating scraper was a direct development of that company’s TS-18 twin-powered conventional scraper and also used the same 33TOT series tractor unit...
The early Allis-Chalmers HD-16
One of the most popular of all Allis-Chalmers’ track-type tractors, the D8-sized model HD-16, first appeared in 1955 following the discontinuation of the former model...
Equipment Controls – the cable era
caption: Another very popular LeTourneau PCU was the front mounted Model AN8, seen here fitted to a reasonably new Caterpillar D8-1H series. The tractor also has a...
The Bottom Dump
One of the very first high-volume dirt haulers, bottom dumps were very popular for bulk haulage and are still in use today. By Richard Campbell...
The Caterpillar 627
The model 627 twin powered motor scraper marked a paradigm shift for Caterpillar in terms of design and sent a clear message to Terex that...
The LaPlant-Choate TS-300 motor scraper
LaPlant-Choate’s TS-300 owes its origins to a design formulated prior to World War 2. The TS-300 was LaPlant-Choate’s first motor scraper and despite being taken...
The Clark-Michigan 180 Wheel Dozer
In some countries, particularly New Zealand, wheel dozers are an under-appreciated item of machinery. The wheeled bulldozer is actually an extremely versatile piece of equipment...
The Allis-Chalmers 12G loader
Allis-Chalmers, in its heyday, was known as a very innovative company. Be it in engineering or design, it could be counted on to provide the...
The Wabco 252 scraper
As it transpired, the Wabco 252FT was the last in a long line of C-series Tournapulls, and was an excellent machine, but debuted at the...