Allis-ChalmersScrapersThe Allis-Chalmers TS-260 scraper revisitedContrafed PUblishingSeptember 23, 2019September 20, 2024 by Contrafed PUblishingSeptember 23, 2019September 20, 2024 Sometimes persistence really does pay off. Even more rewarding when it was someone else’s idea. Getting stuck in and ironing out the bugs can be...
CaterpillarTractorsCaterpillar’s D7 tractor -‘the early years’Contrafed PUblishingApril 27, 2018September 23, 2024 by Contrafed PUblishingApril 27, 2018September 23, 2024 The iconic Caterpillar D7 has been in continuous production in various versions since 1935. It has fought in three major conflicts – WWII, Korea &...
Allis-ChalmersScrapersThe Allis-Chalmers 260E scraperContrafed PUblishingMarch 29, 2016September 23, 2024 by Contrafed PUblishingMarch 29, 2016September 23, 2024 The Allis-Chalmers 260E elevating scraper was one of the quartet of elevating scrapers which appeared in the mid 1960s to challenge LeTourneau-Westinghouse’s dominance in the...
Classic MachinesScrapersWooldridge’s scraper rangeContrafed PUblishingMarch 24, 2016November 28, 2024 by Contrafed PUblishingMarch 24, 2016November 28, 2024 Wooldridge is not a name many of our readers will be familiar with and yet it was an important evolutionary branch of the motor scraper...