Classic tippers and dumpers
Chris Graham on 20th May 2021
Mike Forbes presents photos from the Chris Hodge ‘Stilltime’ archive featuring classic tippers and dumpers in different quarry settings.
Caterpillar
Caterpillar D9 cable dozer
Chris Graham on 17th May 2021
Sandstone Heritage Trust has a great collection of earth-moving equipment, with one of the highlights being a Caterpillar D9 cable dozer.
A fabulous Ford 3000!
Chris Graham on 4th April 2021
Now and then you come across a genuinely superb, restored tractor, as the late Alan Barnes did with Tom Mew’s fabulous Ford 3000.
The Oshkosh M1070 Series
Chris Graham on 12th February 2021
Newly-published by Kelsey Publishing, the fifth in the Military Trucks Archive series spotlights the Oshkosh M1070 Series. The fifth edition in Kelsey Publishing’s popular Military Vehicles Archive bookazine series has just been published, with this edition focussing on the British…
Life-long John Deere enthusiast
Chris Graham on 30th December 2020
Bob Weir meets Jimmy Orr, a life-long John Deere enthusiast with a collection that includes tractors from the 1920s to the ‘60s. Life-long John Deere enthusiast: A selection of John Deere machinery from Jimmy Orr’s superb collection of . Jimmy…
The Manitowoc story
Chris Graham on 15th December 2020
Keith Haddock concludes the Manitowoc story, explaining how it survived to become America’s No.1 crane builder. The Manitowoc story: This 6400 carries a 16-cubic-yard bucket on a 160-foot boom, and is seen at work uncovering anthracite in Pennsylvania. Having achieved…
Classic Caterpillars working hard!
Chris Graham on 22nd November 2020
Given the Covid situation, Jeremy Rowland was delighted to see plenty of classic Caterpillars working hard at the Link Club’s recent event.
A taste of Italy
Chris Graham on 16th October 2020
The Fiat 50C may be an uncommon tractor, but this model also has an interesting history, as Tony Hoyland reveals.
Foden heavy-hauler
Chris Graham on 16th September 2020
If you think this much-travelled 1959 6x4 Foden heavy-hauler was been restored just to look good, then think again, as Bob Tuck explains.
Interesting truck developments: 1997
Chris Graham on 21st January 2020
1997 saw the rise of BritPop, New Labour sweeping to power and the death of Princess Diana. But there was also plenty of interesting truck developments, with new models from DAF, Volvo and MAN, as Pip Dunn recalls It’s no…
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