LODI - It was a ditch-digger's dream. The 19th-century Fresno Scraper blade suddenly made it easy to build ditches and canals across the San Joaquin Valley, revolutionizing agriculture. Of course, ...

Scrapers were originally designed to be pulled behind horses in order to construct canals and ditches in the American west. Modern day counterparts are most commonly found in mines or on very large ...

When a scraper blade loses its sharpness, floor removal time can double. A blunt blade is more likely to glide along the top of the floor, rather than pulling it up. This means workers have to take ...