Giant Earthmovers : An Illustrated History
Author: Keith Haddock
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Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781610605861
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Colossal Earthmovers
Author: Keith Haddock
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Total Pages: 6
ISBN-13: 9781610605823
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis concise color history packs a wide assortment of the mighty machines that provide the muscle for America's construction and mining industries. Haulers, loaders, excavators, dozers, and stripping shovels are just some of the classes featured. 80 color photos.
Caterpillar Chronicle : History of the Greatest Earthmovers
Author: Eric C. Orlemann
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Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781610605779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCATERPILLAR CHRONICLE tells the whole Caterpillar story--from 1870 to the present. More than 200 color and 50 black-and-white phtographs reveal these heavy-metal monsters in their true grandeur, from prototype testing to on the job service.
Colossal Caterpillar : The Ultimate Earthmover
Author: Eric C. Orlemann
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Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781610605816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis awe-inspiring collection covers the largest, top-of-the-line mining equipment in each of the manufacturer's five major classes; haulers, wheel loaders, hydraulic shovels, graders, and bulldozers. Design, development, and production histories are accompanied by the stories of these gargantuan machines in service, as well as details of the Herculean efforts required for their assembly. Incredible modern color photography from both the author and the Caterpillar archives provide shots of the equipment in action and production, not to mention detail shots to help explain their working componentry.
The Earthmover Encyclopedia
Author: Keith Haddock
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781610592093
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This colossal reference book documents the timeless urge to reshape the world, and the machines used to do so from the 1088's to today. From utility tractors and loaders up to the largest diggers and bulldozers, every piece of heavy equipment is listed here by model and manufacturer, making this the most exhaustive book on the world's most hard-working vehicles and machines"--Publisher's description.
Dinosaurs and the Expanding Earth
Author: Stephen W. Hurrell
Publisher: Oneoff Publishing.com
Published: 2011-09-04
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 0952260379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title outlines the evidence that ancient life lived on a reduced gravity Earth and how this relates to an increasing mass expanding Earth.
Classic Caterpillar Crawlers
Author: Keith Haddock Eric C. Orlemann
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781610605793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEngineering Earth
Author: Stanley D. Brunn
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-03-19
Total Pages: 2248
ISBN-13: 9048199204
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book to examine the actual impact of physical and social engineering projects in more than fifty countries from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book brings together an international team of nearly two hundred authors from over two dozen different countries and more than a dozen different social, environmental, and engineering sciences. Together they document and illustrate with case studies, maps and photographs the scale and impacts of many megaprojects and the importance of studying these projects in historical, contemporary and postmodern perspectives. This pioneering book will stimulate interest in examining a variety of both social and physical engineering projects at local, regional, and global scales and from disciplinary and trans-disciplinary perspectives.
Bucyrus: Making the Earth Move for 125 Years
Author: Keith Haddock
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Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781610608350
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBucyrus International Inc., formerly Bucyrus-Erie Company, celebrates 125 years of building heavy excavating machinery, including the largest earthmovers ever to roam the planet. Founded in 1880 by Daniel P. Eells and a group of business associates, the company built a diverse range of machines and grew to become the leading supplier of walking draglines, shovels, and drills to the surface mining industry. With its acquired companies, such as Marion Power Shovel and Ransomes & Rapier, Bucyrus built the entire roster of giant stripping shovels in the western world, and the record-breaking "Big Muskie" walking dragline. Over 90 percent of the giant walking draglines working today have been built by the Bucyrus companies.
Modern LeTourneau Earthmoving Equipment
Author: Eric C. Orlemann
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
Published: 2013-06-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781583883037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the years LeTourneau has produced some of the world’s largest and most productive rubber-tired wheel loaders, wheel dozers, and haulers, including the world record breaking L-2350 Wheel Loader, the largest of its kind ever produced and offered to the mining industry. So large is the L-2350, it requires the world’s largest tires ever made to carry the massive digging machine. Utilizing state-of-the-art diesel-electric drive systems, LeTourneau machines are at the forefront of today’s most advanced technology being utilized in ultra-large mining rubber-tired loaders and dozers. Focusing on machines designed and built during the time period of 1968 to present, all of the company’s quarry and mining machine offerings, including past LeTro-Loader, LeTro-Dozer, and Titan haul truck designs, as well as current equipment product lines, are featured in great detail Behind the scenes images, as well as model and working views, bring these giants to life with rare historic and modern photography, most of which has never been seen in publication before, making this a must have for all heavy equipment enthusiasts.
