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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Early development of the ripper-it started with a ‘rooter’
These days, most of us do not pay much attention to the ripper fitted to a dozer, loader or motor grader, but there is quite...
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...
Forgotten companies – Cletrac
In its heyday, Cletrac was quite an innovator and made a wide range of track type tractors which were very popular. Today, it is almost...
Forgotten companies: Carco
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...