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 : earthmoving machinery
Right machine wrong timing
Image: From a Caterpillar promotional spec sheet dated 1979, the businesslike lines of the 639D elevating scraper are very apparent. To the best of my...
Earthmoving equipment as an art form
This month we’re doing something a little out of the ordinary. The 30s, 40s and 1950s were the zenith of stylish industrial design and class....
Rai Saddle realignment
A key risk-spot on SH6 between Blenheim and Nelson has undergone a challenging realignment. Hugh de Lacy reports. NO FEWER THAN 20 people have died...