It’s now exactly 70 years since the Bucyrus-Erie Company announced it was discontinuing manufacture of pull-type scrapers and all products related to its tractor equipment line. Long forgotten, or unknown by today’s earthmoving contractors, these machines and attachments are still cherished by equipment enthusiasts. More famous for its cranes, excavators, and giant walking draglines, Bucyrus-Erie (B-E) announced in 1935 it would commence building a line of pull-type scrapers, followed by other tractor equipment including dozer blades, loader attachments, winches, pull-type rippers and rollers.
During the 1930s, R G LeTourneau
