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Allis-ChalmersTractors

The Allis-Chalmers HD-19 revisited

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Allis-Chalmers led the charge for a bigger, higher horsepower track type tractor following World War Two. The resulting model HD-19 was a breakthrough in many...
Euclid

The S-12 scraper revisited

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Intended as a larger version of the Euclid S-7 which had proved to be extremely popular, the Euclid S-12 never really fulfilled its obvious potential....
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...
International-HarvesterScrapers

The International-Harvester 270 Payscraper

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International-Harvester

The International-Harvester 270 Payscraper

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LeTourneau

LeTourneau’s Model D Tournapull

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The Le Tourneau-Westinghouse D Tournapull was one innovative machine, says Richard Campbell. Descended from the original Le Tourneau ‘D’ Pull which dated back to 1946 and...
Allis-Chalmers

The Allis-Chalmers HD-19 tractor

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 Allis-Chalmers was the first heavy machinery builder to enter the big track-type tractor development race immediately following World War II. Richard Campbell looks at its...
Classic Machines

The Allis-Chalmers HD-41 tractor

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Having led the charge for larger, higher horsepower tractors following WWII, Allis-Chalmers once again was at the forefront of large tractor development when the model...
Allis-ChalmersModel Collector

The Allis-Chalmers HD-21 tractor

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Developed directly from its model HD-20 (introduced 1951), the HD-21 featured among other things, one of the diesel engines from the recently acquired Buda Engine...
Classic MachinesTerex

The Terex S-23E elevating scraper

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