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All In a Day's Work: Seventy-Five Years of Caterpillar

All in a Day's Work tells the story of how Caterpillar grew from its modest California beginnings to become a $20 billion global powerhouse. In this gorgeous, 288-page coffee table book, every page features full-color photos both contemporary and archival and a first-class design, worthy of the best art book. The text--punctuated by sidebars, timelines, and so forth--covers the products, the people, and events that worked together to shape the company.

The Big Book of Caterpillar

This BIG book presents the complete history of Caterpillar, covering all steam, gas, and diesel farm tractors, logging crawlers, and construction bulldozers and tractors from the 1860s to the present. The text combines with stunning color photographs, historical artwork, advertisements, rare brochures, and collectible memorabilia such as dealer signs and clocks to tell the whole story of this leading heavy machinery maker.

Caterpillar:  Farm Crawlers and Bulldozers

The world's leading producer of heavy construction equipment rumbles to life in this exceptional color history. Incredible tractors, bulldozers, military equipment and heavy machinery dating all the way back to 1902 fill the pages of this "down-to-earth" collection. Also includes pioneering steam- and diesel-driven machinery at work and show.

Caterpillar Photo Gallery

Over 500 factory photos of Caterpillar tractors in road construction, land clearing, mining, logging, farming, military use, & more. Follow the history of Caterpillar's crawler tractors, beginning with Holt Caterpillars & Best Tracklayers through the mighty D9. These sharp, clear, B&W images cover the years 1904 through 1963.

Caterpillar D-8

The history of some of Caterpillar's biggest earthmovers of the period are detailed in this new Photo Archive from Iconografix. Start with the diesel Seventy-Five, the great-grandfather of today's D-8, and trace the changes made to the D-8 into the 1970s. Includes the 1H, 8R, 2U, 14A and others, as well as company sales literature & WWII vintage photographs.

Yellow Steel

Extensively illustrated and packed with detailed information on both manufacturers and machines, Yellow Steel knits together the diverse stories of the many companies that created the earthmoving equipment industry - how they began, expanded, retooled, merged, succeeded, and sometimes failed. Their history, a step-by-step linking of need and invention, provides the foundation for virtually all modern transportation, construction, commerce, and industry.

Giant Earthmovers

Giant Earthmovers - an Illustrated History is the ultimate reference book on earthmoving equipment. It covers the corporate histories of most of the manufacturers of these machines, including all the mergers and takeovers of the past two decades. The introduction of significant machines is well documented, from the earliest horse-drawn equipment to the modern marvels of today.

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Construction Equipment Management

A valuable reference for those in civil/construction technology, this practical and informative guide provides critical knowledge of construction equipment, its use, and management considerations. It provides clear, concise explanations of concepts, supported by detailed example problems and realistic exercises, and requires only limited knowledge of construction equipment.

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