No tractor is less mollycoddled than the one hooked to a muckscraper. Slathered in slurry from dawn ‘til dusk and shunting back and forth with monotonous regularity, these machines have a notoriously ...

The Cat 657 Wheel Tractor-Scraper (WTS) has a rated load of 52 tons and boasts a 7% increase in fuel efficiency over the 657G WTS. Its two-engine design includes the Cat C18 powering the tractor and ...

Featuring the field-proven, twin-power design to boost cycle times, the new Cat® 657 Wheel Tractor-Scraper (WTS) elevates productivity and operating efficiency to deliver low-cost earthmoving. A 7% ...

Caterpillar Inc. employees marked a major milestone, commemorating the production of 75,000 wheel tractor-scrapers at the Decatur, Ill., facility. The historic machine, an open-bowl, twin-engine 627K, ...

Fox Products offers a quick hitch and coupler system for articulated heavy equipment, and has a patent pending on the design. They mount the coupler on Caterpillar's 446 tractor, which can then pull a ...

DECATUR – Caterpillar workers have been in the mud-slinging business in Decatur for 59 years and celebrated a milestone Wednesday: the production of their 75,000th wheel tractor-scraper. The monster ...

The self-propelled scraper—or in Caterpillar parlance, the “wheel tractor-scraper”—continues to be not only a viable machine in Caterpillar’s range of bulk-earthmoving equipment, but also, with the ...

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In the scraper tractor sector, the firm has had a fair amount of success with its F47 model, which comes with a three-cylinder engine developing 45hp. Transmission options include a 12×12 synchromesh ...