The Allis-Chalmers TS460 motor scraper
Allis-Chalmers was always an innovator when it came to construction equipment although not all of its products were instant successes, its TS460 motor scraper being...
Tag : International-Harvester
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 International-Harvester TD20 & TD20B tractors
By the end of the 1950s, International’s “jack of all trades” TD-18 was getting beyond further economical development. The TD-20 was the result. By Richard...
The Wabco 229 Series – End of a long lineage
In a successful attempt to keep up with the competition, Wabco finally incorporated full hydraulic controls into the Model C Tournapull. By Richard Campbell. Starting...
The John Deere 762 scraper
John Deere was one of the pioneers of elevating scrapers in the USA. But what to do when your existing technology is out of date?...
The Mississippi Road Supply Company (M.R.S)
Specialising in assembled machines, primarily for the US military, the Mississippi Road Supply Company (MRS) produced a range of motorscrapers including the monstrous Model 250,...
International Harvester’s 295 Payscraper
Entering the market in the early 1960s, International’s technically advanced 295 Payscraper replaced the 2T-75. The machine underwent an extensive redesign in the late...
The Vickers VR180 tractor
As a result of its experience manufacturing tanks during WWII, Vickers-Armstrong of Newcastle, England decided to build a track-type tractor to take on the Americans. ...
The history of the towed scraper
Before the motor scraper there was the towed scraper – one of the first types of bulk earthmoving equipment to be invented. RICHARD CAMPBELL looks...