Protected: Birth of a legend, the early Caterpillar D8
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Protected: Wooldridge’s first motor scraper
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Protected: Early development of the ripper-it started with a ‘rooter’
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The Bottom Dump
One of the very first high-volume dirt haulers, bottom dumps were very popular for bulk haulage and are still in use today. By Richard Campbell...
The Allis-Chalmers HD-15
One of the last GM-powered track type tractors offered by Allis-Chalmers, the HD-15 was also a top performer and paved the way for the subsequent...
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...
Forgotten companies: Ateco
Once the number one go-to organization for tractor rippers and a myriad of other useful attachments, the American Tractor Equipment Corporation (ATECO) enjoyed major success...
The Allis-Chalmers TS-360 scraper
Following its buy out of LaPlant-Choate in 1952, Allis-Chalmers proceeded to improve and enhance its products. One of the first machines to receive attention was...
The LaPlant-Choate TS-300 motor scraper
LaPlant-Choate’s TS-300 owes its origins to a design formulated prior to World War 2. The TS-300 was LaPlant-Choate’s first motor scraper and despite being taken...
Earthmoving equipment as an art form
This month we’re doing something a little out of the ordinary. The 30s, 40s and 1950s were the zenith of stylish industrial design and class....