Moving the Earth: The Workbook of Excavation

Moving the Earth: The Workbook of Excavation
ISBN-10
0070464839
ISBN-13
9780070464834
Category
Earthmoving machinery
Pages
1702
Language
English
Published
1988-01
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Companies
Author
Herbert Lownds Nichols

Description

For more than 30 years Moving the Earth has been the standard reference on every type of excavation, hauling, & grading equipment, along with the different jobs & ways in which machines are used. Created specifically for contractors, foremen & operators, this big, third edition contains new sections on lasers, automatic grading machinery, paving with asphalt, concrete & soil cement, blacktop manufacture, hydraulic systems & excavators, hydrostatic drives, controlled blasting, chain saws, tree chippers & cutters, & much more. Over 3,200 individual drawings, photos & graphs make every description & procedure crystal clear.

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