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Super-Duty Earthmovers

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Super-Duty Earthmovers by Eric C. Orlemann hits you right in the face with colorful pictures of gargantuan machines that you rarely ever see. Orlemann shows various angles of the machines with pictures of humans and automobiles for scale, so that you can put into perspective just how large the machines really are. Overall, Orlemann's usage of big colorful crisp pictures along with stats and miscellaneous information makes Super-Duty Earthmovers a very interesting and enjoyable book. This book is a MUST for earthmoving machinery fans!

This book is a must have for anyone that likes large equipment. The pictures are fantastic, and it's a book that you just can't seem to put down. The equipment is mostly the very large machines used in large scale mining. Loads of equipment that you just don't see working along the highway building the next shopping center. The information has been very well researched and gives vital statistics without overloading the reader.

Eric Orlemann is an author that writes books of such high quality, that they are a must have for the equipment enthusiast.

I read this very good book, here in Brazil. This book has dozens of photos. The vast majority of its photos are in color. And the photos of this book are excellent.
The text itself is amazing clear, concise, short and correct. An expect would expect more text, but for me, it was enough.
I found just two small problems in this book:
1-About the Caterpillar D-9 there's informations about D-9 made until 1981, but this book has nothing about the new D-9 made since 1982. Since 1982, all D-9 have an elevated drive sprocket track-type tractor. And this book forgets they.
2-On page 81, this book writes 1996, instead of 1986, about the last year of production of Caterpillar D-10.
These small problems, don't tanish this book and I must give five stars for it.