On occasion, a situation will arise in which a scraper is the ideal excavating machine, but a dump truck or a larger off-highway hauler is better for transporting the spoil. Such circumstances have ...

Earth Max Construction, a contracting company sitting atop Stony Mountain, Manitoba, Canada, is gaining ground in a niche earthmoving market working for rural municipalities’ public works departments.

Replacing the 657E, Caterpillar's 657G open-bowl scraper features Cat's C18 ACERT engine for the tractor and the C15 ACERT engine for the scraper. The largest of eight machines in the G Series wheel ...

Dean Wack explains how he refurbished a 57-year-old Euclid F7 scraper and how its hydraulics distinguished the machine in its day. Find out where to see antique machines like this work in September.

A tracked tractor scraper performs heavy earthmoving operations on a large construction site, efficiently cutting, hauling, and leveling soil material. Designed for demanding earthworks projects, the ...

As developers seek methods for reducing the impacts of their projects on the natural environment, the contractors who work for them are doing the same thing. In Mount Vernon, Wash., contractor Plats ...