Blade Manufacturers

International Harvester Model TD-24 tractor with Bucyrus-Erie full-U coal blade, Edgar Browning Image

Fleco stump-remover blade, early 1950s. National Archive and Records Administration

LaPlant-Choate Trailbuilder cable blade on a Caterpillar D-7 tractor

Allis-Chalmers Model HD-11 with hydraulic dozer blade

Drott dozer blade being outfitted on an Allis-Chalmers HD-5 tractor. Courtesy Michael Palma

These images are similar to the ones you’ll see in the “Classic Vintage Crawlers and Dozers, Volume 2″ book. Click on each image to see a larger version.

Anderson blade, on an Oliver AD tractor (1954), HCEA Show, 2010

Ateco blade on Cletrac BDH (1939), Los Gatos, California

Ateco blade on International Harvester TD-14 tractor in 1954, Pit & Quarry

Baker push-block on Allis-Chalmers Model HD-20 tractor. Edgar Browning image

Baker 9X Dozer on an Allis-Chalmers HD-9 tractor, Lakeside Sand & Gravel, Mantua, Ohio

Baker 9X Dozer ad showing its advantages

Baker cable blade on Allis-Chalmers HD-19 (1950)

Baker cable blade on Allis-Chalmers HD-19 dozer (1950)

Baker hydraulic blade on Allis-Chalmers HD-5 tractor, Lakeside Sand & Gravel, Ohio

Baker hydraulic blade on Allis-Chalmers HD-7W tractor (1945)

Baker hydraulic blade on Allis-Chalmers HD-9 tractor, Pit & Quarry

Balderson BD-16C inside-mounted blade on Caterpillar D-6C tractor, Edgar Browning Image

Balderson BD17 inside-mounted blade on Caterpillar D-7E tractor, Edgar Browning Image

Balderson blade on Caterpillar D-6 tractor, Edgar Browning Image

Balderson Dig’r-Dozer blade on Caterpillar D-9 tractor, Edgar Browning Image

Balderson Model BD9U coal blade on Caterpillar D-9 tractor, Edgar Browning Image

Be-Ge Model LBD-6 cable blade on a Caterpillar RD-6 tractor, late 1930s

Buckeye cable blade on an Allis-Chalmers Model WM tractor (1940)

Bucyrus-Erie blade on International T-9 (1945) dozer

Bucyrus-Erie blade on International TD-6 (62) tractor, Gerhart Show, Lititz, PA

Bucyrus-Erie blade on International TD-18A dozer & Heil PCU, 1949, HCEA Show, September 2009

Bucyrus-Erie blade on International TD-18A dozer (1949), HCEA Show, September 2009

Bucyrus-Erie cable blade on International Harvester TD-18 tractor in 1953, Pit & Quarry

Bucyrus-Erie cable blades on International Harvester TD-24 tractors, Pit & Quarry

Carco cable blade on on Allis-Chalmers HD-19 tractor, Wasilla, Alaska

Caterpillar No. 7A blade on a D-7 (17A) tractor, Edgar Browning Image

Caterpillar No. 8U blade on a D-8 tractor, Edgar Browning Image

Caterpillar No. 9U blade on a D-9 tractor, Edgar Browning Image

GarWood Dozecaster and Tipdozer blades for the Euclid TC-12. Matt Folsom image

GarWood single-drum cable control unit for the Euclid TC-12 dozer. Matt Folsom image

GarWood double-drum cable control unit for the Euclid TC-12 dozer. Matt Folsom image

GarWood blade on a Euclid TC-12 dozer

GarWood blade on an Allis-Chalmers HD-5 tractor, Pit & Quarry

GarWood Model CD-191 Dozecaster blade on Allis-Chalmers HD-19 tractor

Heil blade on Model BGS, 1947, HCEA Show 2010

Heil cable blade on an Oliver-Cletrac Model FDE tractor. James Carter Image

Heil hydraulic blade on an International Harvester TD-6 tractor. The Heil Co. photo.

International Harvester cable blade on a TD-14 Series 141 tractor in 1956, Pit & Quarry

International Harvester cable blade on a TD-25 tractor in 1960, Pit & Quarry

International Harvester hydraulic blade on a TD-25 tractor, HCEA Show, Penfield, IL

Isaacson TracDozer blade for International Harvester & other tractors

LaPlant-Choate hand-crank blade on a Holt T-35 tractor (1924). One of the earliest dozer blades made.

LaPlant-Choate blade on Caterpillar Model R-5 tractor (1936), Heidrick Ag Museum, California

Caterpillar Sixty tractor with a LaPlant-Choate V-snow plow and side wings. Matt Folsom photo

Caterpillar Sixty tractor with a LaPlant-Choate V-snow plow and side wings. Matt Folsom photo

LaPlant-Choate blade on Caterpillar Model R-5(4H) tractor (1939), Warrenton, VA

LeTourneau Type A blade on a Caterpillar D-8 (1H) tractor. R.G. LeTourneau Collection, HCEA Archives

 

LeTourneau Type B blade on a Caterpillar D-8(8R) dozer, Lakeside Sand & Gravel, Mantua, Ohio

LeTourneau Type C angle dozer blade on a Caterpillar D-7 tractor, Wilmington, IL

Maine Steel dozer blade on a Cletrac Model BGS tractor (1941), Edgar Browning Image

Rome KG land-clearing blade on a Caterpillar D-9 tractor, Dulles Airport, 1958.

Southern blades for Allis-Chalmers, Cletrac, & International Harvester tractors

LeTourneau Type A blade on a Caterpillar D-7 tractor. U.S. Bureau of Public Roads photo

Root rake on a Caterpillar D-7 dozer, Edgar Browning Image

Heil cable blade on an Oliver OC-18 tractor.