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A twin engined Terex TS-14b scraper in Hudson, Ohio. In civil engineering, a wheel tractor-scraper (also known as a land scraper, land leveler or tournapull) is a type of heavy equipment used for earthmoving. It has a pan/hopper for loading and carrying material.
A grader, also commonly referred to as a road grader, motor grader, or simply blade, is a form of heavy equipment with a long blade used to create a flat surface during grading. Although the earliest models were towed behind horses, and later tractors , most modern graders are self-propelled and thus technically "motor graders".
The Caterpillar Sixty was powered by a four-cylinder, overhead valve gasoline engine that produced 60 horsepower (45 kW) at the belt and 35 horsepower (26 kW) at the drawbar. [2] The Sixty was a 72-inch (1.8 m) gauge machine and weighed 20,500 pounds (9,300 kg).
Horse-drawn Fresno scraper digging water-supply ditch A portable engine; a precursor to modern engineering vehicles An early gasoline-powered tractor Heavy equipment circa 1922. Until the 19th century and into the early 20th century heavy machines were drawn under human or animal power.
This design was so revolutionary and economical that it influenced the design of modern bulldozer blades and earth movers.. Between 1884 and 1910, thousands of Fresno scrapers were produced at the Fresno Agricultural Works, which had been formed by Porteous and used in agriculture, land leveling, road and railroad grading, and the construction industry.
Today's Wordle Answer for #1252 on Friday, November 22, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Friday, November 22, 2024, is PEARL. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.
Allis-Chalmers was a U.S. manufacturer of machinery for various industries.Its business lines included agricultural equipment, construction equipment, power generation and power transmission equipment, and machinery for use in industrial settings such as factories, flour mills, sawmills, textile mills, steel mills, refineries, mines, and ore mills.
A new study has linked visceral fat around the midsection with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease