Earth Moving Equipment Books - History and Technology

Classic Vintage Crawlers and Dozers (Volume 1)

This first volume, which includes Allis-Chalmers and Case, as well as Caterpillar from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, takes a long and colorful look at the development of the crawler tractor and bulldozer. The crawler photographs and text are arranged chronologically so the reader can follow development of the machines through the years.

Throughout the research period for this book, hundreds of black and white and color photographs were taken at shows, and numerous illustrations were gathered from libraries, machinery manufacturing companies and from private collections, and this first volume includes nearly 400 of them.

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Author:	Roger V. Amato, Donald J. Heimburger
Details:	188 pages, 26 x 28.5 x 1.9 cm / 10.25 x 11.2 x 0.75 in, hardback
Illustrations:	about 400 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Heimburger House Publishing Company (USA, 2003)
ISBN:	9780911581546

Die Geschichte der Baggerlader (Band 2)

In 1953, the Briton Joseph Cyril Bamford (JCB) introduced a work machine that had an excavator at the rear and a massive loading shovel at the front. A tractor served as the basis. Since the 1960s, other tractor manufacturers have also been developing their own versions of the backhoe loader.
Massey Ferguson's development of the Instant Reverse, a reversing gear with torque converter, is outstanding. Further developments make working with the multi-purpose device increasingly easier: self-leveling shovel, quick coupler, hydraulically adjustable sideshift and telescopic dipper stick are just some of the innovations.

In this second volume, Rudi Heppe presents the history of foreign backhoe loader manufacturers and shows the variety of types using rare photographs from almost seven decades.

From the contents: Case, Caterpillar, Fermec, Fiat, Ford, Huddig, Hydrema, Hymac, JCB, Kiew, Komatsu, Lännen, Mecalac, Terex Volvo, Warynsky and Whitlock.

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Author:	Rudi Heppe
Details:	160 pages, 2.5 x 2 cm / 1 x 0.8 in, hardback
Illustrations:	480 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2021)
ISBN:	9783861339922