A super-colossal book for grown-ups, this awe-inspiring album is packed with full-color close-ups of massive dump trucks, huge bulldozers, immense tree shredders, and dozens of other super-large machines used in mining, construction, tunnels, drilling, farming, forestry, and recycling. Descriptions of how they work and what they do bring readers right to the construction site.
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From Scientific American
A big book (133/4 inches square) describes big machines, providing eye-popping pictures of the monsters at work and good explanations of how they lift, dig, crush, mine, push earth and carry huge loads. One learns that the Komatsu 575A-2, pictured on page 21, is the world's largest bulldozer, capable of moving 90 cubic yards of dirt with a single shove. And that a massive, electric mining shovel needs a 7,200-volt power supply and, working 450 hours a month, will consume 430,000 kilowatts of electricity at a cost of $30,000. David J. Bowler, who operates several kinds of heavy equipment, gives the reader a sense of the skill and care required: "The day I think I know everything about running a crane is the day I'm going to get into trouble. Every job is different. You've got to know your load and you've got to know the machine's limit."
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...[an] enticing, jumbo-size book... -- Entertainment Weekly
The subtitle of this enticing, jumbo-size book-the perfect antidote to our modern obsession with pocket-size fripperies-is itself too massive to spell out. Just know that each 13 1/2"-square page is splashed with big pictures, chunks of text, and lots of info about earthshaking inventions past and present in which size really does matter: beauties including hydraulic excavators, asphalt compactors, combine harvesters, stripping shovels, and rotary blast drills. How do mobile cranes compare with freestanding tower cranes? Bruun and Keith are glad you asked. -- Entertainment Weekly, 7/24/98
The subtitle of this enticing, jumbo-size book-the perfect antidote to our modern obsession with pocket-size fripperies-is itself too massive to spell out. Just know that each 13 1/2"-square page is splashed with big pictures, chunks of text, and lots of info about earthshaking inventions past and present in which size really does matter: beauties including hydraulic excavators, asphalt compactors, combine harvesters, stripping shovels, and rotary blast drills. How do mobile cranes compare with freestanding tower cranes? Bruun and Keith are glad you asked. -- Entertainment Weekly, 7/24/98
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!,
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This review is from: Heavy Equipment (Hardcover)
Great book...I purchased it for my son's fourth birthday. It was his favorite gift...and the hit of the party...all the little boys were poring over it...as were their dads. However, I have seen it for half the price at Sam's Club.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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This was a bit hit with all the men of the family,
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This review is from: Heavy Equipment (Hardcover)
I gave this book as a gift to my 2 1/2 year old son. He, like every guy in my house over the holidays, loved it. The large format adds to the character of the book. There are a number of typo/layout errors, but overall, it is a hard book to put down. Guys will love it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must have for Boys at heart,
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This review is from: Heavy Equipment (Hardcover)
This massive, full color masterpiece depicting an infinite cariety of Heavy equipment both past and present is a must have. The likes of this book are not seen very often and are more than enough to make anyone'e motor run "R-R-R!"
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