Tag : Feast Contractors

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...
Euclid

Euclid’s TS-32 scraper

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Developed from the single-engined model TS-28 (which also spawned an experimental TS-28), the Euclid TS-32 was the largest twin-powered, open bowl motorscraper in the Euclid...
Classic Machines

Schield’s Bantam excavator

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Tracing its roots back to brothers Vern and Wilbur Schield’s original prototype manufactured in 1946, the Bantam, or more properly the model C-35 cable excavator,...
EuclidTractors

The Euclid C-6 crawler tractor

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Richard Campbell examines the early track-type tractors produced by Euclid before its name changed to Terex. Introduced by Euclid in 1959 after extensive field testing,...
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...
Classic MachinesScrapers

The Terex TS-18 motor scraper

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  Breaking away from traditional Terex design philosophy, the TS-18 twin powered motor scraper was an entirely new machine from the ground up. The only link...
Terex

The Terex 82-50 tractor

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The first machine to wear the markings “82-50” appeared in 1967. It was an experimental version of Euclid’s existing model 82-40 track-type tractor powered with...