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Tractors

The Vickers VR180 tractor

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As a result of its experience manufacturing tanks during WWII, Vickers-Armstrong of Newcastle, England decided to build a track-type tractor to take on the Americans.  ...
EuclidTractors

The Euclid C-6 crawler tractor

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Richard Campbell examines the early track-type tractors produced by Euclid before its name changed to Terex. Introduced by Euclid in 1959 after extensive field testing,...
Contractor

The John Deere 5010 scraper

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A direct development of Deere’s first elevating scraper, the model 840, the model 5010 incorporated many improvements over its predecessor. John Deere to many people...
Classic MachinesForgotten companies

Aveling-Barford’s motor graders

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Aveling-Barford was formed in 1934 from the merger of two long established British companies – Aveling & Porter (est.1862) and Barford & Perkins (est. 1860)....