Classic Machines: 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...
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Classic Machines: 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...
Classic machines: 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....
Classic Machines: the International-Harvester TD25 tractor
Following on from its very successful model TD24, International Harvester introduced its successor, the TD25 in 1959. Rather than being a scaled up version of the TD24,...
Forgotten companies – Hough
Among the many people who invented iconic, useful and lasting pieces of earthmoving equipment was Frank G. Hough (pronounced “huff”), Richard Campbell explains. Frank Hough...
Hirepool’s massive equipment investment
In one of the most significant single heavy equipment orders for delivery in this country, Komatsu is supplying 75 new excavators to leading equipment hire...