David Wylie builds on his “Earthmovers in” series of books to bring more mining and quarrying-related site visits to life with this new title; Earthmovers in Europe & Australia. Travelling across Europe and half-way around the world, he captures some of the biggest, and arguably the best, earthmoving equipment in action.
Earthmovers in Europe & Australia brings together 23 of David’s reports that records company profiles, mining machines and cutting-edge payload technology in action. The book contains new insights from some machine designers, along with the views of highly-skilled and experienced operators and managers that share their wealth of experience operating these mining machines. The book features some of the largest hydraulic earth-movers in the world. Such as the massive Komatsu PC7000-11, 930E haul trucks, first new 115t Komatsu D475A-8 dozer. The evolution of Demag’s H485 to Komatsu’s PC8000, as well as the history of the Terex TR100 rigid hauler. Cat 992K loader, Cat 637K scrapers and Liebherr R9800 & R9600 excavators are also covered in detail.
With over 477 stunning photographs carefully composed to capture the raw power and performance of each machine. Over 70 high-quality photographs are also presented on double pages to help you get close to the action. Containing over 72,000 words, this stunning and detailed third book will be of interest to enthusiasts, owners, operators, and site managers worldwide.
David Wylie is a professional engineer, freelance photojournalist, and regular contributor to a number of Earthmoving and Forestry Machinery magazines. He is regularly commissioned by top UK PR agencies and machine manufacturers to produce stunning images and video work for their in-house magazines, advertisements, online media, and machine brochures.
Earthmovers in Europe and Australia is a limited edition book at only 300 copies for sale and will be available to purchase directly from David Wylie in September 2022. You can get in touch with David via his Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/earthmovingbooks
Foreword by Peter Haddock had this to say, “As a world-renowned journalist, David’s well-earned and trusted relationships are second to none. And because of this, he has exclusive access to the most exciting, biggest and best projects, particularly in the mining sector.“
Renowned Machinery Journalist and Author Keith Haddock, comments; “David’s photography is outstanding with high-quality action images. I would say he is one of the top photo journalists in the industry.”
RRP £37.00 + P&P
