The Wabco 353FT elevating scraper
There is nothing quite as good as when an equipment manufacturer ‘gets it right’. Wabco’s model 353FT elevating scraper is an excellent case in point....
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Earthfill Compaction – A Brief History
Good compaction of fill is essential if you are to avoid subsidence. The Romans and Egyptians knew it and so did the so-called “primitive” tribes...
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 Wabco 35 Haulpak
While somewhat better known for its range of scrapers, LeTourneau-Westinghouse (later Wabco) sought to diversify and expand its product range in the late 1950s. The...
The Clark-Michigan wheel dozers
Michigan wheel dozers were well accepted by the earthmoving industry and found use in all manner of operations. Michigan was not the first manufacturer to...
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 Caterpillar 225 excavator
After years of planning and testing in secrecy, Caterpillar finally unveiled its first hydraulic excavator a fair bit later than a lot of the competition....
The International-Harvester 560 payloader
The International model 560 Payloader represented one of the first of the new breed of wheel loaders in International Harvester’s product range and was introduced...
The IH TD-25 tractor
Following on from its very successful model TD-24, International Harvester introduced its successor, the TD-25 in 1959. Rather than being a scaled up version of...
Komatsu puts customers first
Komatsu Australia’s recently opened INSITE Fleet Management Centre – centrally located within its new headquarters – has been designed to squarely put the focus on...