Classic MachinesEarly development of the ripper-it started with a ‘rooter’Contrafed PUblishingMay 11, 2023March 13, 2024 by Contrafed PUblishingMay 11, 2023March 13, 2024 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...
ContractorThe Mississippi Road Supply Company (M.R.S)Contrafed PUblishingApril 12, 2016September 23, 2024 by Contrafed PUblishingApril 12, 2016September 23, 2024 Specialising in assembled machines, primarily for the US military, the Mississippi Road Supply Company (MRS) produced a range of motorscrapers including the monstrous Model 250,...
ContractorMichigan’s Open Bowl ScrapersContrafed PUblishingMarch 23, 2016September 24, 2024 by Contrafed PUblishingMarch 23, 2016September 24, 2024 While Michigan scrapers had been around for quite a while, as a scraper brand it didn’t really make an impression in New Zealand until it...
Forgotten companiesMississippi Road SupplyContrafed PUblishingFebruary 29, 2016September 24, 2024 by Contrafed PUblishingFebruary 29, 2016September 24, 2024 Back in the November 2005 issue of Contractor we had brief look at the M.R.S Company (Mississippi Road Supply) of Flora, Mississippi, USA. I didn’t...