- All In a Day's Work: Seventy-Five Years of Caterpillar
By Gilbert C. Nolde; Triumph Books, 2000, ISBN 1572433744. Coffee table history from 1925 to 2000, many fine photographs; the biggest print component of Caterpillar's anniversary events, PR efforts. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572433744 - Allis-Chalmers Construction Machinery & Industrial Equipment
By Norm Swinford; Crestline, MBI Publishing Co., 2002, ISBN 0760304858. Thorough earthmoving reference, few farm machines, with most models covered, many photos, specifications, serial number list. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760304858 - Building Giant Earthmovers
By Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 2000, ISBN 0760306400. Colortech Series. Shows assembly process of several of world's largest earthmovers, used mostly in surface mining. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760306400 - Classic Caterpillar Crawlers
By Keith Haddock, Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 2002, ISBN 0760309175. Photos and text of many older machines. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760309175 - Colossal Earthmovers
By Keith Haddock; MBI Publishing Co., 2000, ISBN 0760307717. Enthusiast Color Series. Features the largest machines used mostly in surface mining. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760307717 - Dump Trucks
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760308675 - Euclid and Terex Earth-Moving Machines
By Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 1997, ISBN 0760302936. Chronicles history of these firms from their start to the last round of buyouts and mergers. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760302936 - Giant Dump Trucks
By Hans Halberstadt; MBI Publishing Co., 1994, ISBN 0879389230. Enthusiast Color Series. Brief, many photos. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879389230 - LeTourneau Earthmovers
By Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 2001, ISBN 0760308403. Examines Texas firm's heavy equipment used in mining, construction, oil industries from 1920s to today. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760308403 - Mover of Men and Mountains
By Robert G. LeTourneau; Moody Press, 1967, ISBN 0802438180. Autobiography of inventor, engineer, industrialist who was ahead of his time; sponsored many works for foreign missions and education, founded LeTourneau College. [Moody Press] http://www.moodypress.org/catalog.php?action=view_product&id=699 - Super-Duty Earthmovers
By Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 1999, ISBN 0760306451. Photohistory of giant equipment used in mining and excavating industries. [Amazon.com] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760306451 - Yellow Steel: The Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry
By William R. Haycraft; University of Illinois Press, 2002, ISBN 0252024974. Overarching history examines vast rise in scope of mining and construction projects made possible by innovations in this field. [U. of Illinois] http://www.press.uillinois.edu/f02/haycraft.html |