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The Caterpillar model 615 scraper

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Filling a hole in the (then) lineup of Caterpillar elevating scrapers, the Caterpillar model 615 was a great little machine with some features unique to...
LeTourneau

LeTourneau’s Model C Tournatractor

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Always the innovative thinker when it came to earthmoving equipment, Robert LeTourneau came up with the idea of the Tournatractor in 1946. By RICHARD CAMPBELL...
Classic MachinesForgotten companies

Forgotten companies: Tractomotive

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Caterpillar

The Caterpillar 922 wheel loader

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Introduced in 1960, the No.922 Traxcavator was the second Caterpillar wheel loader to be released for sale (the first was the No. 944) and proved...
LeTourneau

LeTourneau’s LW12 Tournatractor

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LeTourneau was first off the blocks with a wheeled bulldozer, a roadable and manoeuvrable machine suited to many earthmoving jobs. Here we take a closer...
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The Caterpillar 613 scraper

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Introduced in 1969, the Caterpillar 613 has been with us in various configurations for 43 years covering five different models and is the most successful...
Contractor

The Allis-Chalmers 645 wheel loader

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Notable as Allis-Chambers’ most successful wheel loader, 1000 645s were purchased by the US Military in the mid-1960s and were its standard medium wheel loader...