Bucyrus: Making the Earth Move for 125 Years (Google eBook)

Keith Haddock

MotorBooks International, 2005 - Technology & Engineering - 160 pages

Bucyrus International Inc., formerly Bucyrus-Erie Company, celebrates 125 years of building heavy excavating machinery, including the largest earthmovers ever to roam the planet. Founded in 1880 by Daniel P. Eells and a group of business associates, the company built a diverse range of machines and grew to become the leading supplier of walking draglines, shovels, and drills to the surface mining industry.

With its acquired companies, such as Marion Power Shovel and Ransomes & Rapier, Bucyrus built the entire roster of giant stripping shovels in the western world, and the record-breaking "Big Muskie" walking dragline. Over 90 percent of the giant walking draglines working today have been built by the Bucyrus companies.

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User Review  - ernieflorida - Overstock.com

Great detail about the larger machines the BUCYRUS built over the century. For lovers of heavy construction equipment, this is the book to have! It doesn't go into the smaller machines, 40B etc., or the hydraulic backhoes of the last 40 years, but it does a job covering the super excavators. ...

Contents

• IV: 11
• V: 63
• VI: 95
• VII: 129
• VIII: 150
• IX: 152
• X: 154
• XI: 155
• XII: 156
• XIII: 159

About the author

Keith Haddock, a professional engineer, has enjoyed a lifelong involvement with earthmoving and heavy equipment. Just over 20 years ago Haddock co-founded the Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) that now boasts over 5,000 members. He has written several books on heavy equipment and has been featured in numerous TV documentaries including Modern Marvels, Monster Machines and Mega Excavators. He currently specializes in providing information, research, and freelance writing for earthmoving and surface mining publications.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Bucyrus: Making the Earth Move for 125 Years
• Author: Keith Haddock
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: MotorBooks International, 2005
• ISBN: 1610608356, 9781610608350
• Length: 160 pages
• Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Mining; Transportation / Automotive / General