Allis-Chalmers Scrapers TS-260 motor scraperThe Allis-Chalmers TS-260 scraper revisitedContrafed PUblishingSeptember 23, 2019February 24, 2022 by Contrafed PUblishingSeptember 23, 2019February 24, 2022 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...
Caterpillar D7 model TractorsCaterpillar’s D7 tractor -‘the early years’Contrafed PUblishingApril 27, 2018February 23, 2022 by Contrafed PUblishingApril 27, 2018February 23, 2022 The iconic Caterpillar D7 has been in continuous production in various versions since 1935. It has fought in three major conflicts – WWII, Korea &...
Allis-Chalmers Elevating scraper ScrapersThe Allis-Chalmers 260E scraperContrafed PUblishingMarch 29, 2016September 23, 2021 by Contrafed PUblishingMarch 29, 2016September 23, 2021 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 Machines ScrapersClassic Machines: Wooldridge’s scraper rangeContrafed PUblishingMarch 24, 2016September 19, 2021 by Contrafed PUblishingMarch 24, 2016September 19, 2021 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...