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I knew it was too good to be true, but hell, Ill get it yet!!

Hi all,
I will try and post two more images of a scraper still in work in NZ I guess its over 50 years old. I think its about 16/18 yd capacity, a little more than the TS-14s that someone asked about in an earlier thread. (Here goes)

I knew it was too good to be true, I stuffed up, here is the second shot, both were taken late 1994. Just luv the sound of those 4-71s ringin their heads off

The Euclid/Terex TS-14 is a very popular scraper in NZ. I have managed to photograph and video tape quite a few during my time there. I will try to put these two up. This was back in the early 1990s when you could get up close and personal, no bloody chance of that now!!

If this comes up OK, it is a shot I took of an old D8, maybe 1H or 2U and an old LeT scraper, possibly an LP. The unit was parked up for the Xmas break I think but was still in working condition and appeared to have come from a job. Compare this with the other shot I took of the Cat D7 and Cat scrap...

Hi to all, As I said yesterday, crawlers & towed scrapers are my favourite items of equipment along with open bowl scrapers and navvys & dumptrucks. Anything that is rope controlled interests me, not that I know why as over the years Ive had more rope sprags to the hands than hot dinners!! I...

Hi folks, Im new to this site. When I find out how to put them up I will show photos of my favourite items of equipment, tractors & towed scrapers or as we called them back in NZ in the early 1950s, bullys and scoops. My father was an earthmoving contractor and ran IHC TD9 dozers and towed scrap...