Fresno scraper
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Fresno scraper
A dirt scraper with a single long handle for controlling dumping and the depth of dirt being scooped up.
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Twenty years after its initial ASME Mechanical Engineering Landmark designation, the
Fresno Scraper has finally found a home: the San Joaquin County Historical.
One day several years ago, Theo McAllister spotted an unusual tractor operating a
Fresno scraper, digging a basement near his Kanab, Utah, home.
In response to Ivan Pfalser's inquiry in the October "Farm Collector," the
Fresno Scraper is named after the city of Fresno, Calif.
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