Early development of the ripper-it started with a ‘rooter’
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...
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The Caterpillar 941 Traxcavator
There is an old adage that says “If it looks right, it probably is right”, and that appellation most certainly describes the Caterpillar 941 Traxcavator....
The Allis-Chalmers TS-260 scraper revisited
Sometimes persistence really does pay off. Even more rewarding when it was someone else’s idea. Getting stuck in and ironing out the bugs can be...
The Caterpillar 639D elevating scraper
As in comedy, they say that timing is everything. Caterpillar introduced the model 639D just when the bottom was beginning to fall out of the...
The Allis-Chalmers HD-11 tractor
Designed as a replacement for an earlier tractor, the Allis-Chalmers HD-11 was a very worthy successor and was in production for over 25 years. By...
The Allis-Chalmers 260E scraper
The Allis-Chalmers 260E elevating scraper was one of the quartet of elevating scrapers which appeared in the mid 1960s to challenge LeTourneau-Westinghouse’s dominance in the...
The Allis-Chalmers HD-41 tractor
Having led the charge for larger, higher horsepower tractors following WWII, Allis-Chalmers once again was at the forefront of large tractor development when the model...