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.

The 11.3-cu.-yd. I-110XL and 13.3-cu.-yd. I-130XL pull-type, front dolly wheel, hydraulic ejection scrapers are designed for use with MFWD tractors or medium-sized dozers. No specialized tractor ...

The Miami Trailer-Scraper Co. offered scrapers that were rear dumping. Hoisting was performed either through the drive wheels or, with a special attachment for the tractor, by means of powered winch.

Scrapers were originally designed to be pulled behind horses in order to construct canals and ditches in the American west. Modern day counterparts are most commonly found in mines or on very large ...

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 ...