Books

denick

Have you read,

Moving the Earth,
now in the 5th Edition. By Herbert L. Nichols, 21 chapters, almost 1300 pages. All the basics about the excavation business. Quite a bit of history.

Caterpillar Performance Handbook.
It has everything about everything CAT makes, owning and operating information and formulas. Ask a caterpillar salesman they can get you one. Even if you don't own Cat it could be helpful. They should be able to get 1 or 2 year old ones for free.

Nick

rino1494

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/007...lance&n=283155

Looks like a good book, i've never heard of it before.

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Excalibur

Actually I was looking online for Moving the Earth when I came across Contractor Talk!! It is rather amazing how the good stuff hangs out together isnt it! Many years ago i had come across MtE in the public library and was very impressed with it, it was a very old book with some very outdated equipment in it but the techniques used were very insightful. I have been trying to find it in a book store for years. I will try to catch ahold of one of the Cat books as that sounds very informative as well.

Bob