Earthmoving and demolition
Our Earthmoving DVDs feature some of the world's largest earthmovers: hydraulic excavators, draglines, diesel rope shovels, bucketwheel excavators and massive haul trucks, including equipment from Caterpillar, P&H, Liebherr, Bucyrus-Erie, Hitachi, JCB and Komatsu.
Some ultra high-reach demolition machines at work include conversions by Kocurek and Rusch based on Cat, Hitachi and Liebherr excavators. The massive machines featured in these DVDs also include scrap shears from Verachtert, Genesis and Montovanibenne.
We also have some earthmoving books covering Hymac earthmovers and other quarrying machines.
-
The Illustrated History of Hymac - Jeremy Rowland
There was a time on most UK building sites when any make of 360-degree hydraulic excavator was referred to as a Hymac. The Hydraulic Machinery Company (Great Britain) Ltd, or Hymac for short, manufactured its hydraulic excavators from the early 1960s. Learn More£24.95Out of stock. Coming Soon.
-
Scrap Metal Giants (DVD) : Steven Vale
Scrap metal is handled in bulk by some truly large and exciting machines. Steven Vale starts by taking us to a site at Liverpool Docks where each week 200-250 cars are processed for 85 per cent recycling. Learn More£17.95 -
Opencast Images: An Informal Look at British Coal Opencast Sites 1986-1994 - Dave Wootton
In the United Kingdom surface coal mining began in 1942 in response to a national shortage of deep-mined coal. By the 1980s, when Dave Wootton began touring sites and taking photographs, the industry was firmly established with major operations and very large machinery. Learn More£24.95 -
Massive Wheeled Loaders Part Two: Hitachi - Komatsu - LeTourneau (DVD) - Steven Vale
This is Part Two of a two-DVD set in which Steven Vale shows examples of wheeled loaders working in surface mines and quarries in Europe and the UK. He focuses in particular on the larger, more impressive models. Learn MoreRegular Price: £16.95
Special Price £9.99
-
Massive Wheeled Loaders Part One: Caterpillar - Liebherr - Volvo (DVD) - Steven Vale
This is Part One of a two-DVD set in which Steven Vale shows examples of wheeled loaders working in surface mines and quarries in Europe and the UK. He focuses in particular on the larger, more impressive models. Learn MoreRegular Price: £16.95
Special Price £9.99
-
Massive Earthmoving Machines Part 4: mountain movers (DVD) - Steven Vale
The large, specialised machines in this programme have one task: to move mountains. In the Fabero coal mine, northern Spain Learn MoreRegular Price: £15.95
Special Price £9.99
-
Massive Earthmoving Machines Part 3: Aitik copper mine, Sweden (DVD) - Steven Vale
The third in Old Pond's 'Massive Earthmovers' series deals with just one mine - but what an exceptional mine it is. Boliden's Aitik copper mine, north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, is a hole 3 kilometres long, 1 kilometre wide and 400m deep. Learn MoreRegular Price: £15.95
Special Price £9.99
-
Massive Earthmoving Machines Part 2: Black thunder and Garzweiler (DVD) - Keith Haddock
There are the two absolutely exceptional pieces of machinery in this programme recorded at open-cast coalmines in Wyoming and Germany - Black thunder and Garzweiler Learn MoreRegular Price: £15.95
Special Price £9.99
-
Massive Backhoe Dredgers (DVD) - Steven Vale
Steven Vale shows some of the world's largest and most powerful hydraulic backhoe dredgers at work on their pontoons. Learn More£17.95 -
Manapouri The Toughest Tunnel (DVD) - NHNZ and TVNZ
New Zealand?s remote Doubtful Sound, in the south-west of the South Island, is a stunning area of tranquil lakes, plunging fjords and dense rainforests fed by 200 inches of rain a year. Learn MoreRegular Price: £14.95
Special Price £9.99