Tag : Clyde Engineering

Contractor

A big brute of a machine

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Euclid’s S-18 motor scraper is an excellent example of the old adage, “if it looks right, it probably is right”, and went on to form...
Euclid

The Euclid C-6/Terex 82-30 revisited

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This month we will have a re-look at a very iconic bulldozer, the Euclid C-6/82-30, a machine intended to take on Caterpillar, International-Harvester and Allis-Chalmers...
Classic MachinesTractors

The Terex 82-20 crawler tractor

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Smallest of all the production Terex track type tractors, the 82-20 was designed to expand Terex’s market share of the crawler tractor business and take...
Classic MachinesForgotten companies

Forgotten companies: Hewco

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Our country has produced over the years many forward thinking and innovative companies. In the mid-1940s another one was born, in Huntly of all places,...
Euclid

The Euclid TS-24 motor scraper

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Euclid TS-24s were a major influence in shaping New Zealand, responsible for opening up many areas of the country. By Richard Campbell The Euclid TS-24...
EuclidTractors

Euclid’s 82-40 tractor

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Development began on what was to become the 82-40 in 1964 following numerous requests from contractors for a machine a little larger and heavier than the...
Terex

The Terex 72-81 wheel loader

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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...