Robert Gilmour LeTourneau, the inventor of earthmoving machines, secured nearly 300 patents over the course of his life. During World War II, about 70 percent of the earthmovers and engineering...
Beginning as station wagons from the likes of Ford, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick?and the car of choice, Cadillac?and converted into emergency and professional service vehicles, professional cars have become recognized as...
An American classic - capturing the attention of the industry, the American LaFrance 700 Series was introduced in 1945. With a radically new cab-forward design, it offered great improvements over...
Through carefully selected and researched photographs, this nostalgic volume illustrates the progression and minor intricate detail changes of the American LaFrance 700 and 800 Series. Follow the transition from the...
The complete history of the Maxim Motor Company, from its humble beginnings as a family owned business, through its heyday and subsequent decline. Maxim produced highly regarded fire apparatus and...
In 1934, at the depths of the Great Depression, the American-LaFrance-Foamite Corporation of Elmira, New York, designed and placed into production an uncommonly handsome new big-city fire engine. Powered by...
Action photos of construction and farm tractors put to use by circuses and carnivals. Tractors were adapted by traveling shows to drive and pull stakes, load canvas and load trains...
The history of some of Caterpillar’s biggest earthmovers of the period is detailed in this new Photo Archive. Start with the diesel 75, the great-grandfather of today’s D-8, and trace...
From the first experimental Holt crawler tractor to the mighty Cat D9G, this book offers the most extensive review of Caterpillar tractors available. You will be thrilled by the photos...
In quarries and mines around the world, Haulpak and Lectra Haul off-highway haulers are legendary. The Haulpak truck line (launched in 1957) and the Lectra Haul diesel-electric drive truck (introduced...
Western Kentucky represented, in the time period covered by this book from the 1950s-80s, the bulk of coal mining in North America. Attributed to in John Prine’s famous song “Paradise,”...
From the creation of the American-LaFrance Fire Engine Co. in 1904 through the company's latest deliveries in 2004, McCall provides insight into the company's often complex corporate history with emphasis...
Enjoy more than 400 photographs of the rugged and varied equipment used to fight wild fires. This includes brush rigs, airplanes, helicopters, converted military vehicles, and much more. The many...
Through carefully selected and researched photographs, this nostalgic volume illustrates the progression and minor intricate detail changes of the American LaFrance 700 and 800 Series. Follow the transition from the...
Book Description The American Taxi has been providing a vital public service for 100 years! Enjoy the Taxi experience through photographs and the history of famous taxi marques, such as Yellow, General,...
Packed with high quality black and white photographs, this feast for bus aficionados features the city transit buses that operated throughout the 20th century. Over 300 heavily captioned photos provide...
How To Restore Tractor Magnetos is the essential guide to farm tractor electrical systems and offers the tractor restorer all the information needed to restore, repair and diagnose magnetos. Authored...
America’s favorite small farm tractor is retrieved from the shed and shined up for duty in this essential guide by tractor repair expert Rachel Gingell and long-time writer Kenneth Updike....
Many aspects of railway modelling are the same whatever scale you choose, but N Gauge has particular benefits: namely, that there is more space for scenery, longer trains and extensive...
If a custom vehicle is something to see, a custom semi is something else--something much, much more. This brilliantly illustrated book celebrates the time, energy, patience, hard work, and skill...
Tanker trucks, also known as tenders, are used by more than 65 percent of all fire departments across America. Shown are tankers by all the major and minor fire apparatus...
Here’s your beautifully photographed one-stop source for everything you ever wanted to know about the immensely popular classic Ford tractors. First manufactured in 1917, Ford tractors (initially sold under the...
America’s favorite small farm tractor is retrieved from the shed and shined up for duty in this essential guide by tractor repair expert Rachel Gingell and long-time writer Kenneth Updike....
How to Restore Farmall Tractors, the only Farmall restoration guide, is back in print and packed with hundreds of helpful step-by-step photographs, proven tips and techniques, and money-saving advice from...
