Complete design update includes high-pressure steering, engine-over-speed protection, tire-spin reduction, differential lock-engagement protection, machine/ground speed control and more "Ten years ago ...

Caterpillar Inc. employees marked a major milestone, commemorating the production of 75,000 wheel tractor-scrapers at the Decatur, Ill., facility. The historic machine, an open-bowl, twin-engine 627K, ...

The Miami Trailer-Scraper Co. offered scrapers that were rear dumping. Hoisting was performed either through the drive wheels or, with a special attachment for the tractor, by means of powered winch.

The new Cat 621H, 623H and 627H wheel tractor-scrapers feature a more powerful engine in the tractor, and a more powerful engine in the scraper of the 627H. The Cat C13 engine in the tractor produces ...

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Caterpillar has introduced the new Cat 657 Wheel Tractor-Scraper (WTS), which features a twin-power design to boost cycle times and elevate productivity and operating efficiency to deliver low-cost ...

MOLINE, Ill. (Nov 30, 2007) – John Deere introduces a new line of large, high-horsepower tractors – the 9030 Series Scraper Tractors. These three models of tractors, ranging from 425 to 530 hp, are ...

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No tractor is less mollycoddled than the one hooked to a muckscraper. Slathered in slurry from dawn ‘til dusk and shunting back and forth with monotonous regularity, these machines have a notoriously ...