My top 10
Image: One of Dryden Construction’s two Euclid 16TDTs photographed at the building of Wellington Airport in the mid-1950s. These austere-looking beasts are the reason that...
Tag : construction machinery history
Made for the US military
Image: A 1962 factory photo of an M.R.S. model I-90 tractor unit with normal factory accessories (including the dozer blade). This is a Cummins C-160 CI-powered...
The very British self-propelled motor grader
Image: An Austin-Western Pacer 300, the motor grader on which Aveling-Barford’s highly successful model 99-H was based. Over 60 years old, this example is having...
The Caterpillar DW10: Cat’s first motor scraper
Image: A pair of Caterpillar DW10 1N series with very rare (only 10 were ever built) matching LeTourneau model DLS Carryall scraper and PCU. Location...
The Wabco 101 series elevating scraper
Image: A South Island-based 101F belonging to New Brighton Contractors of Christchurch, engaged in some subdivisional work. The post behind the operator is for a...