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Watch: 1926 Marion Electric Shovel Digs with 1951 Cat D13000 Generator
The century-old fully restored Model 21, believed to have been the smallest electric shovel of its time, is powered by the vintage diesel engine.
September 22, 2026
Vintage Equipment
Mini Motor Grader! — Cub Cadets Converted Into Construction Machines
Frank has also converted the 1970s-era lawn tractors into a mini bulldozer, UTV with hydraulic dump bed and a mini forklift.
August 20, 2026
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Vintage Equipment
The RayGo Giant: Strange, Rare and Once the World’s Largest Motor Grader
“It’s Slow. But It’s Cool. It’s loud.” The 1970s Giant runs on two 318-horsepower Detroits, has a 20-foot blade and weighs over 50 tons.
July 17, 2026
Vintage Equipment
Collector Rescues, Restores 1918 Holt 5-Ton Artillery Tractor Built for WWI
He wasn't too excited about the rusted-out Holt 5-Ton crawler a friend persuaded him to look at. That changed when he saw its brass tag.
May 21, 2026
Vintage Equipment
Watch the Only 1913 Bullock “Creeping Grip” Tractor with Rare Heer Engine
This one-of-a-kind, 113-year-old crawler gets its opposed-piston engine cranking at the Historical Construction Equipment Association show.
April 27, 2026
Vintage Equipment
“The Scoopmobile!” — Dr. Seuss-Like Wheel Loader an Odd, Rare Sight (Video)
The contraption was popular with road departments 75 years ago — with its arch-shaped steering rod, tricycle layout and rope-control bucket.
February 4, 2026
Construction Equipment
Antique Caterpillars Rule! – Top 5 Vintage Equipment Stories of 2025
A 1950s "Twin D8"; antique Holt, Best and Cat tractors; and a zany 1931 film of Caterpillar's "The Great Tractor Race" made our top-5 list.
December 23, 2025
Vintage Equipment
Rare Survivor! – 1930 Cat Thirty with All-Original Parts Still Going Strong
“Everything on that tractor is original. It is the most original Thirty I've ever seen.”
November 24, 2025
Vintage Equipment
Watch Antique Tractors from Holt, Best, Caterpillar at HCEA Show 2025
The historical construction equipment show presented a veritable timeline of Caterpillar history from 1917 to 1979, including Best and Holt tractors.
November 5, 2025
Vintage Equipment
Giant P&H Electric Rope Shovel Travels to New Home for Komatsu Monument
Weighing over 1 million pounds and standing five-stories tall, the P&H 2100BL was among the most sought-after large mining shovels of its day.
October 17, 2025
Vintage Equipment
New $2M Museum to Display HCEA’s Vintage Construction Equipment
The new National Construction Equipment Museum building spans 20,000 square feet – more than twice the size of the current indoor exhibit area.
September 11, 2025
Vintage Equipment
“The Great Tractor Race” – Cat’s 1931 Film Reveals its Early Crawlers in Zany Event
Watch Caterpillar Ten, Twenty, Thirty and Sixty track-type tractors traverse rugged, hilly terrain and crash through buildings.
September 9, 2025
Vintage Equipment
The 1950s Cat “Twin D8” – 2 Joined Dozers, 1 Big Blade, Double the Power
In the late 1940s, Buster Peterson decided two Cats were better than one and created the “Twin D8” – a great idea until the D9 debuted in 1954.
August 6, 2025
Vintage Equipment
Remembering “Big Muskie” – The Largest Dragline Ever Built (Video)
The 27-million-pound Bucyrus-Erie 4250W could move 325 tons of earth with one bucketful.
June 24, 2025
Vintage Equipment
Watch an Antique Steam Tractor Power an Old-Time Sawmill
In our final video of the Ederville series, a Frick Eclipse steam tractor saws logs into lumber much as it would have done a century ago.
June 10, 2025
Vintage Equipment
Watch Vintage Tractors Use Belt Power to Run 1940s Farm Tools at Ederville Show
A 1935 Deere Model B, a 1948 Farmall M and a 1949 Oliver 77 Row Crop power an 80-plus-year-old sileage cutter, strip saw and corn sheller.
May 5, 2025
Dozers
1925 Holt 10-Ton vs. 2025 Cat D3 – Cat Holt Shows 100 Years of Progress
The dealer rolled out the antique Holt tractor with its new Centennial Grey dozer for a celebration of Caterpillar's 100-year anniversary.
April 9, 2025
Vintage Equipment
Video: The Wonderful Quirkiness of Antique Hit & Miss Engines
Hear and see these mechanical works of art of the early 1900s – each with its own rhythm and unique whirling, bobbing and snapping parts.
March 24, 2025
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