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Super-Duty Earthmovers List Price: $22.95
Massive rear- and bottom-dump trucks, gigantic track and wheel dozers, humongous scrapers, graders, wheel loaders and hydraulic excavators! This super-duty volume profiles a wide variety of these incredible machines at work and at rest in the mining and excavation industry throughout the world. Some 125 color photographs and 25 historical photos illustrate the evolution, technology, and growth of these remarkable land leviathans. Sftbd., 9' x 10 1/2', 128 pgs., 25 b ill., 125 color.
Motorbooks Caterpillar 2004 Calendar List Price: $13.99
New for 2004! Caterpillar is the biggest name in earthmoving and construction equipment. Great photos from company insider Eric Orlemann capture the big 'Cats' on the job. Haulers, skidders, bulldozers, graders, and dump trucks are featured. Sidebars add a detail photo and detailed captions give enthusiasts great information on these giant machines.
New for 2004
Calendar 17 x 12 24 pages 25 color
Opencast Coal: Plant & Equipment List Price: $27.95
A rare photographic salute to fifty full years of British Opencast operations featuring color and black & white photographs of draglines, excavators, dumptrucks, dozers, scrapers, lorries and more. Hdbd., 8x 10 3/4, 76 pgs., 115 b ill., 5 color.
The Caterpillar Century List Price: $50.00
Eric Orlemann serves as our tour guide as we get a rare glimpse into the technology of Caterpillar's most important equipment innovations, then and now. Packed with, all-new photos, archival images, and information on the latest in state-of-the-art equipment design.
The Caterpillar Century traces the evolution of this industry giant starting when the legend was first named Caterpillar in reference to the Holt Manufacturing Company's remarkable tractor creation in 1905, to modern day equipment marvels and future design prototypes.
Hardcover 10-1/2 x 12 384 pages 200 color, 100 b/w
The Caterpillar Century Limited Edition Leatherbound Book List Price: $100.00
The Caterpillar Century Limited Edition Leatherbound Book
Caterpillar Photo Gallery List Price: $24.95
From the first experimental Holt crawler tractor to the mighty Cat D9G, this book offers the most extensive review of Caterpillar tractors available. Youll be thrilled by the photos of tracklaying machines at work in operations that include earthmoving, farming, logging, military support, mining, and more. Filled with over 500 factory photographs covering Caterpillar from 1904 to 1963. Sftbd., 8 1/2x 10 3/4, 288 pgs., 500+ b ill.
LeTourneau Earthmovers List Price: $24.95
This book examines the Texas-based company's heavy equipment that has been used in the mining, construction, and oil industries from the 1920s to present. Two hundred photos illustrate the fascinating tales behind LeTourneau breakthroughs like the first electric-diesel front-end loader. Founder Robert Gilmour LeTourneau is regarded as the father of high-volume earthmoving equipment, and holds more U.S. patents than any other person, save Thomas Edison. Fans of heavy equipment are sure to enjoy this profile of the manufacturer of the world's largest front-end loaders. Sftbd., 8-1/4 x 10-5/8, 160 pgs., 125 color, 75 b.
Cranes In Action List Price: $14.95
See these massive, technically advanced workhorses in all-out action! From the highest 220-foot tower crane that can lift up to 1,800 metric tons to crawler cranes, lattice boom truck cranes, truck-mounted cranes, all-terrain cranes, and special application cranes, this book covers manufacturers such as American, Liebherr, Link-belt, and Demag. Detail photos compliment text discussing technical features, manufacturing, and operation. Sftbd., 8 1/4 X 9, 96 pgs., 80 color ill.
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