The Earthmover Encyclopedia gives you all the dirt on every piece of earthmoving machinery made. This ultimate reference guide of earthmoving machinery covers rare milestones as well as the most popular machines. Vividly educating 900 photos, this encyclopedia explains the creation, development, and evolution of all classes of equipment. Vital stats on each machine, emphasizing record-setting equipment, are provided in detail. A surplus of information on loading and stripping shovels, walking draglines, hydraulic and buck wheel excavators, haul trucks, wheel loaders and bulldozers in featured.
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• Most extensive history ever published on earthmovers
• Over 900 photos with detailed captions
• Extends far beyond pre-existing books on the subject
• Over 900 photos with detailed captions
• Extends far beyond pre-existing books on the subject
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Following the resounding success of his "Giant Earthmovers - an Illustrated History", Keith Haddock has gone the full distance to produce a masterpiece in heavy equipment. Arranged by machine manufacturer and equipment category for quick reference, this comprehensive guide covers every significant manufacturer in North America and many others. Vital stats. on each machine with emphasis on record-setting achievements and significant milestones in machine development are included. Each manufacturer's history is covered in detail in the photo captions and text. Vividly illustrated with over 900 spectacular photographs, most never before published, this encyclopedia explains the creation and evolution of each equipment class and follows their development right up to date (2002). Provides in-depth information on crawler dozers, wheel dozers, crawler loaders, wheel loaders, loader-backhoes, scrapers, graders, off-highway trucks, trenchers, and all types of excavators including shovels, draglines, bucket wheels and hydraulic machines. A must for everyone in the earthmoving industry and every equipment enthusiast.
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The need to reshape Mother Earth goes back almost as far as civilization itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wheel ditcher, haddock collection, largest grader, integral torque converter, railroad shovels, excavator market, cable excavator, digging wheel, articulated dump truck, grader line, heaped capacity, stripping shovel, operating weight, elevating scraper, ditching machines, coal hauler, rear dump, hydrostatic drive, crawler tracks, motor graders, crawler tractors, tractor unit, hydraulic excavators, earthmoving machines, trenching machines Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Manufacturing Company, New Holland, United States, North America, Bucyrus-Erie Company, World War, Bucyrus International, Unit Rig, General Motors, Case Corporation, International Harvester, Bay City, Las Vegas, Marion Power Shovel Company, American Hoist, Bucyrus Company, United Kingdom, Keith Hoddock, Little Giant, Dresser Industries, Caterpillar Inc, Harnischfeger Corporation, Koehring Company, Page Engineering Company, Schield Bantam New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The need to reshape Mother Earth goes back almost as far as civilization itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wheel ditcher, haddock collection, largest grader, integral torque converter, railroad shovels, excavator market, cable excavator, digging wheel, articulated dump truck, grader line, heaped capacity, stripping shovel, operating weight, elevating scraper, ditching machines, coal hauler, rear dump, hydrostatic drive, crawler tracks, motor graders, crawler tractors, tractor unit, hydraulic excavators, earthmoving machines, trenching machines Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Manufacturing Company, New Holland, United States, North America, Bucyrus-Erie Company, World War, Bucyrus International, Unit Rig, General Motors, Case Corporation, International Harvester, Bay City, Las Vegas, Marion Power Shovel Company, American Hoist, Bucyrus Company, United Kingdom, Keith Hoddock, Little Giant, Dresser Industries, Caterpillar Inc, Harnischfeger Corporation, Koehring Company, Page Engineering Company, Schield Bantam New!
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