Classic MachinesSchield’s Bantam excavatorContrafed PUblishingMarch 30, 2016September 4, 2025 by Contrafed PUblishingMarch 30, 2016September 4, 2025 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,...