The current market makes it difficult to justify large capital expenditures. "A lot of people right now are looking to manage their fleets very carefully," says Paul Hendrix, equipment pricing analyst ...

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 ...

The BV Loader consisted of a blade that simply cut the material and directed it onto a conveyor belt. The belt was driven by a Cummins 150-hp engine or optional GM 190-hp engine, and the conveyor ...

A mathematical model was developed to simulate three-dimensional motor-scraper overturns. From the results data necessary for the ROPS (Roll-Over Protective Structures) tests, such as, kinetic energy ...

The original elevating graders (EGAs) were drawn by stock, and tractor-drawn elevating graders were used into the 1940s before being rendered obsolete by advances in belt loader and scraper technology ...