A 16-ton beast: the Oliver OC-18
Image: Oliver promotional photo of an OC-18, taken on a highway construction job in the USA. The machine has a Heil cable-controlled straight blade with...
Tag : heavy equipment history
A respectable and reliable scraper
Working on the principle that two engines are better than one, Clark-Michigan introduced their model 110H-T twin-powered elevating scraper in 1970, writes Richard Campbell. The...
A very large motor scraper
Image: Following their removal from production for engine and structural upgrades, a model 562B series was introduced and this is one of them. Even fewer...
Caterpillar’s radical tractor scraper
Image: A New Zealand- based Caterpillar 630B s/n 14G468, ex W. Stevenson & Son, fleet no.344. It is equipped with the standard 630B scraper (s/n...
Le Tourneau model D Tournapull
Image: Seen in a field on my travels around the North Island was this early 1960s model D with D scraper. Like some of the...