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    The 3500-TC Mobile Crane. (Manitowoc Form No 12-57, 1959)
    Tom Berry
    April 21, 2025
    3500-TC rode on a Talbert trailer chassis.
    Tom Berry
    Tom Berry
    July 3, 2024
    Before articulation, rigid-frame loaders included a few large-capacity models.
    Navistar Corp. image
    Model H tractor pulling a concrete dump body.
    April 24, 2024
    These ready-mix predecessors could carry 1 to 2 cubic yards of concrete.
    Bureau of Public Roads Manuscript Collection, Idaho State Archives
    Knox Yellow road scraper.
    Tom Berry
    March 19, 2024
    Horse-drawn scraper eased some of the manual labor.
    Doug Osborne Papers, HCEA
    Galion Little Master
    Tom Berry
    Feb. 13, 2024
    Cutting edge machines from the early 20th Century.
    HCEA archives
    LeTourneau-Westinghouse C Tournadozer
    Tom Berry
    Oct. 20, 2023
    R.G. LeTourneau solved problems inherent with crawlers by mounting a blade on a wheeled tractor.