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Hi Robert,
As far as Im aware, it was a convention front wheel steer. Have never seen one in the flesh, so to speak so can only guess.
dozeron.

Hi All,
Dont think that others didnt tinker with Ford Tractors when creating new equipment. This is a Hewco/Ford skidder built in New Zealand in, I think, the late 50s to early 60s. I have never seen or heard of one in operation so I dont think they were a great success. Cheers,
dozeron.

Hi All. Nick, those scrapers at the front of the shot are Cat DW20s. The two axle units at the rear are DW21s. There could be a couple of DW15s thrown in and maybe two DW10s, one of which I ended up owning the tractor unit after it was split and the bowl converted into a towed scraper (box) behind a...

Hi Niklas,
This is the only other shot I got of the 650-1.
Hope you enjoy it.
regards, dozeron.

Hi to ol Grump & Robert, I might be asking you boys a question or two in the months to come. My wife and I are retiring next year and intend to buy a 5th wheeler and spend a couple of years going round Aussie. Its called the Grey Nomads here. Im going to look at a 26/28 ft wheeler as companies h...

Hi Robert, As soon as I saw the shot of the semi pulling the dozer I remembered the Vanatta pages I think I saw a number of years ago via the HCEA Website. I recall there was a shot of a Mack truck that had tipped over while dumping and badly twisted the chassic. Good to make contact, best regards, ...

Hi All, Re- the Ferguson tractor/crawler conversion, I know nothing at all about it. The owner wasnt present when the photo was taken. Deas, may not be able to make the day at Yatla due to friends coming over from NZ. However if it did occur, it would most likely be in the early afternoon, will keep...

Remembered this photo I had of a company in NZ that ran a fleet of machines on stripping overburden at an open-cast coalmine. This was possibly taken in the 1950s. The company was W Stevenson & Sons. There is a great book published about this job. Its called Kopuku, Caterpillar, Stevenson & ...

Hi all, This could be something that wasnt too common back in the 1950/60s and possibly less common now. The TS-14 is an earlier model and looks quite new, but the grader I think is a Blaw-Knox. If so it would have to be rather rare as I dont think there were too many built and certainly not seen in...

Hi all, Thought I would put this up for viewing. It was a dealership promotional photo possibly taken in the 1950/60s down the bottom half of the North Island close to the capital city, Wellington. The two scrapers are Government owned but not sure about the TD24. Must have been rather cold as the o...