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Caterpillar Construction Equipment: Illustrated History Books & Guides

Explore the best illustrated books on Caterpillar construction equipment. Discover books on Caterpillar crawler dozers, wheel loaders, scrapers, graders, dump trucks and other machinery. Perfect for enthousiasts, collectors, and anyone passionate about Caterpillar..

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Caterpillar
English | Iconografix
Caterpillar Earthmovers at Work
English | Iconografix
Caterpillar D-8 1933-1974: Including Diesel Seventy-Five & RD-8
English | Iconografix
Caterpillar Sixty
English | Iconografix
Caterpillar Ten Photo Archive - Including 7C Fifteen and High Fifteen
English | Iconografix
Holt Tractors: An Album of Early Steam and Early Gas Tractors
English | Iconografix
Cat & Zeppelin - Ein halbes Jahrhundert in Deutschland
German | Podszun
Caterpillar D9-D9R
German | Podszun

Caterpillar Photo Gallery

This book presents over 500 factory photographs of Caterpillar tractors used in road construction, land clearing, mining, logging, farming, military operations, and more. It traces the history of Caterpillar's crawler tractors, from the early Holt Caterpillars and Best Tracklayers to the powerful D9.

The images are sharp and clear, in black and white, covering the period from 1904 to 1963. They provide a detailed visual record of the development and application of these iconic machines in various industries.

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Author:	Peter Letourneau
Details:	288 pages, 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.63 in (27.5 x 21.5 x 1.6 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	520 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 1997)
ISBN:	9781882256709

Caterpillar

Language: English

Caterpillar Earthmovers at Work Photo Gallery

From building roads through dense forests, mining the earth for raw ore, laying pipe, constructing power developments, to creating golf courses, Caterpillar's earthmoving machines have played an important role in shaping our world.

"Caterpillar Earthmovers at Work" features Caterpillars in action moving massive amounts of rock, dirt, trees and anything else in their path. See these machines used in forestry and logging, road construction, railway construction, hydroelectric power projects, mining and much more. A treat for all heavy equipment fans.

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Author:	Bill Robertson
Details:	160 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.51 in (28 x 21.5 x 1.3 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	305 b&w and color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2004)
ISBN:	9781583881200

Caterpillar Earthmovers at Work

Language: English

Caterpillar D-8 1933-1974: Including Diesel Seventy-Five & RD-8 Photo Archive

The history of some of Caterpillar's biggest earthmovers of the period are detailed in this Photo Archive book. Start with the diesel 75, the great grandfather of today's D-8, and trace the changes made to the D-8 into the 1970s. Over 120 detailed factory photographs and illustrations show how technology changed drastically in those early years for mass dirt movers.

Included are the 1H, 8R, 2U, 14A and others, as well as company sales literature and WWII vintage photos. Many photos show attachments and equipment produced by Caterpillar and others for use with these earth-moving giants.
As an added bonus, a list of D-8 tractors and its predecessors is provided, arranged by model, serial number and year.

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Author:	Bob LaVoie
Details:	128 pages, 8.5 x 10.25 x 0.39 in (21.5 x 26 x 1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	128 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 1999)
ISBN:	9781882256969

Caterpillar D-8 1933-1974: Including Diesel Seventy-Five & RD-8

Language: English

Caterpillar Sixty Photo Archive

Iconografix photo book about Caterpillar Sixty crawler tractors and bulldozers. In addition to action shots (road construction, land clearing, forestry, agriculture and mining), this book also contains rare shots of the first Caterpillar diesel tractors. Over 132 high-quality historic large-format photographs from the Corporate Archives of Caterpillar Inc.

Complete with detailed subtitles and a brief overview of the history. The authentic pictures make this volume of the "Iconografix Photo Archive" series a rich source of information about old Caterpillar tracked tractors.

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Author:	P.A. Letourneau
Details:	143 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 0.39 in (21.5 x 28 x 1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	132 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 1993)
ISBN:	9781882256051

Caterpillar Sixty

Language: English

Caterpillar Ten Photo Archive - Including 7C Fifteen and High Fifteen

The Caterpillar Ten is the smallest of the Caterpillar line, and probably the most popular among collectors and restorers today. These 4,500-lb tractors were born and raised in the years of research and development. All of these little tractors were affected by the classifications of the testing procedures as well as marketing strategy.

These are the tractors that were sold through the often-debated color change of 1931. Now they can all be found here in one photographic collection. Finally the opportunity for side by side comparisons of these highly sought after tractors is possible.

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Author:	Bob LaVoie
Details:	128 pages, 8.5 x 10.25 x 0.39 in (21.5 x 26 x 1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	119 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2000)
ISBN:	9781583880111

Caterpillar Ten Photo Archive - Including 7C Fifteen and High Fifteen

Language: English

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Holt Tractors: An Album of Early Steam and Early Gas Tractors Photo Archive

The first Caterpillar tracked tractors and steam tractors made Holt famous. The photo collection in this book was compiled by the company as an overview of steam and gasoline tractors built between 1894 and 1912. During this period Holt sold 133 steam powered tractors, the majority to farmers.
This is the most complete photo book of Holt steam tractors and early Caterpillar tractors ever published. It contains a fine collection of 125 high-quality large-format archival photos.

Complete with detailed subtitles and a brief overview of the history. The authentic pictures make this volume in the "Iconografix Photo Archive" series a rich source of information about the first crawler tractors.

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Author:	P.A. Letourneau
Details:	143 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 0.39 in (21.5 x 28 x 1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	123 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 1994)
ISBN:	9781882256105

Holt Tractors: An Album of Early Steam and Early Gas Tractors

Language: English

Cat & Zeppelin - Ein halbes Jahrhundert in Deutschland

Construction equipment from Caterpillar and Zeppelin. The author guides you through five decades of successful cooperation between Caterpillar and Zeppelin with an incredible wealth of illustrations, data and facts!

From the contents:
- Pioneers of aviation and construction machinery technology
- Trackless earthmoving machines
- First Cat wheel loaders
- Dump trucks
- Crawler loaders
- Articulated wheel loaders
- Excavators
- Articulated trucks
- Crawler dozers
- Traveling driver's cabs
- Cat mobile excavators
- Industrial and backhoe loaders
- Rollers and milling machines
- Mining trucks
- Civil engineering technology
- Mining excavators
- Giant wheel loaders.

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Author:	Heinz-Herbert Cohrs
Details:	208 pages, 11 x 8.25 in (28 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	450 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2000)
ISBN:	9783861332428

Cat & Zeppelin - Ein halbes Jahrhundert in Deutschland

Language: German

Caterpillar D9-D9R

Caterpillar track dozers have cult status, especially the legendary Cat D9. The authors describe the story from the first D9 prototype to the D9R in gripping words and pictures. In addition to background reports on specific D9s, interesting construction site reports round out the book, making it a unique standard work.

From the contents:
- Tractors
- Prototype D9
- Caterpillar D9D
- Caterpillar D9E
- Joop Vellinga
- Caterpillar D9G
- Super Ripper
- Big Push
- Eberhard
- Caterpillar D9H
- Roc Saw D9H
- Osborne
- Peterson
- Caterpillar Quad
- Caterpillar SxS
- Balderson
- Caterpillar D9L
- Impact Ripper
- Caterpillar D9N
- Caterpillar D9R
- Cat models.

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Author:	Thomas Wilk, Urs Peyer
Details:	196 pages, 11 x 8.25 in (28 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	410 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2002)
ISBN:	9783861332909