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The Earthmover Encyclopedia:

The Complete Guide to Heavy Equipment of the World
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MotorBooks International, 2007 - Technology & Engineering - 320 pages

This colossal reference book documents the timeless human urge to reshape the world.  Here, in detailed pictures and authoritative text, are the machines that  have moved the earth from the 1800s to today.  The copiously illustrated encyclopedia catalogs nearly every piece of heavy equipment ever made, by model and manufacturer, from the largest dozers and diggers to smaller utility tractors and loaders.  The Earthmover Encyclopedia remains the most comprehensive, exhaustive book on the world’s most hard-working vehicles and machines.

  

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Contents

Acknowledgments
6
Introduction
7
Early Earthmoving Machines
8
Crawler Tractors and Bulldozers
16
Wheel Bulldozers
49
Crawler Loaders
59
Wheel Loaders
73
LoaderBackhoes
103
OffHighway Haulers
170
Cable Excavators
199
Hydraulic Excavators
225
Stripping Shovels
264
Walking Draglines
272
Continuous Excavators
285
Trenching Machines
295
BucketWheel Excavators
307

Scrapers
115
Motor Graders
138
Articulated Dump Trucks
157
Bibliography
318
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About the author (2007)

Keith Haddock, P.Eng., is one of the world’s leading experts on earthmoving and surface mining equipment. His articles appear regularly in industrial and equipment magazines in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He often appears as a commentator on the History, Discovery, and Learning Channels. Of his six books published by MBI Publishing Company, Keith considers The Earthmover Encyclopedia his greatest writing achievement and the most comprehensive ever written on earthmoving equipment. He currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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