Construction-excavators
Construction Collection - part six
Construction Collection Part 6
Ford - The Big Producers
Follow the progress of three giants of agricultural manufacturing as they begin to put down roots in the Construction and Industrial sector with this exciting collection of remarkable archive films from Massey Ferguson, Ford and International Harvester.
We start with five job matched rigs, packed with great features for better productivity based around the striking Ford 420 & 550 loaders. Ford’s latest excavators are seen through the eyes of a technical writer sent off by his editor to review the 45’s and 48’s being put through their paces, plus three fantastic older films demonstrating Ford’s initial foray into the industrial equipment scene.
In our last film a group of construction managers are invited to look at the latest backhoe loaders from Ford. They’re given a quick resume of existing machines, before the main feature, the new 655 loader excavator, impresses one and all. This high performing equipment proves Ford were The Big Producers.
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- running time 120 minutes
- English spoken
- publisher Second Sight productions
Construction Collection Part Five
International Harvester
Building a Better Tomorrow
Follow the progress of three giants of agricultural manufacturing as they begin to put down roots in the Construction and Industrial sector with this exciting collection of remarkable archive films from Massey Ferguson, Ford and International Harvester.
Man’s battles with the natural elements are demonstrated to the full in the films featured in part five of our Construction Collection DVD programmes.
From taming the new frontier in America’s West Coast, building the huge Glen Canyon Dam over the massive Colorado River to answering the need for conservation in Britain, International Harvester machines were there to answer the inevitable call and provide the best possible service.
We feature a wide range of IH machines in five un-edited films. From the new 270 pay-scraper to the massive TD30 dozers and the dependable 125 loaders to the huge PH180 haulers plus many more, all working hard to satisfy our demand for progress.
From industrial tractors to huge sophisticated machinery built to move the earth, the collection presents some of Massey Ferguson, IH & Ford’s most successful construction equipment and the innovations which enabled them to build sturdy foundations and cement their position among the world leaders in construction machinery manufacture.
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running time 90 minutes
English spoken
second sight productions
Construction Collection - part 4
Construction Collection Part 4 MF - The Big Move
In this second programme about Massey Ferguson machines we look at the efficient MF 11 loader, versatile 200D crawler loader, and the powerful 450S excavator. Our films take us from a Massey Ferguson Construction and Industrial Machinery Exhibition with exciting demos of big new machines, to a look at MF taking the lead in the construction sector in Brazil. We also investigate the outstanding education and instruction offered by Massey Ferguson’s training centre at Stoneleigh in the 70s where their demonstrations used some of MF’s finest wheeled loaders, crawlers and excavators. Once again, Massey Ferguson show how, using world beating precision and strength, their massive machines could adapt effortlessly to a wide range of big moving, digging, breaking and lifting jobs.
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- running time 78 minutes
- English spoken
- published by Second Sight Productions
Operation Plant
| Operation Plant |
Following on from the best selling DVD Mad About Classic Plant comes the second installment 'Operation Plant'. We return to the quarry at Sibbertoft to see more vintage and classic caterpillar equipment in action. This time they are shaping and pushing soil in the upper half of the quarry.
But this time they had to contend with the wet conditions of 2012 and drainage channels had to be cut in the bottom of the quarry. We see all of the earth moving action which this event has become famous for but this time with more on board cameras fitted to the equipment. Narrated by Alan Stennett.
- Format: DVD
- Language: English
- Duration: 80 minutes
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Massive Wheeled Loaders Part One
Massive Wheeled Loaders Part One - Caterpillar • Liebherr • Volvo 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. In this DVD he deals with machines from Caterpillar, Liebherr and Volvo. The stars are probably the 180-tonne Cat 994s loading limestone in the Carrières d’Antoing limestone quarry, Belgium. These are the largest wheeled loaders made by Caterpillar. Their regular loads are 35 tonnes or more. Other Cats included in the programme are 988H, 992G and 993K. Liebherr’s largest wheeled loader is the L586. Steven shows us one of these working in a spectacularly beautiful white marble quarry at Carrara, Italy. Although the L586 is supposed to be limited to 24 tonnes, it seems capable of handling up to 30. Volvo’s flagship model is the 50-tonne L350F. Steven shows us a 350 working at Carrara and another one in England at the Melton Ross chalk quarry where it moves up to 2,500 tonnes a day to the crusher. These machines – the largest produced by each manufacturer – are superb workhorses whose size and power are enthralling. In the companion programme, Part Two, Steven shows us monsters from Hitachi, Komatsu and LeTourneau, including the 200-tonne Komatsu WA1200. The two wheeled loaders DVDs are numbers 9 and 10 in the Old Pond Massive Machines series. Steven Vale is a freelance journalist based in Holland. He specialises in writing about machinery in the earthmoving and agricultural sectors. He has prepared nine DVDs and the book Walking with Giants: Europe's Massive Earthmovers.
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75 minutes play time English spoken
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Massive Wheeled Loaders Part Two
Massive Wheeled Loaders Part Two - Hitachi • Komatsu • LeTourneau 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. In this DVD he deals with machines from Hitachi, Komatsu and LeTourneau. He starts in Norway at the Titania ilmenite mine with a 100-tonne LeTourneau L1000. However, this is dwarfed by the 180-tonne L1400 he tracks down at the Guarain-Ramecroix limestone quarry, Belgium. It is the largest LeTourneau wheeled loader in Europe. Its 40-tonne capability means it can handle around 1,500 tonnes an hour. In a Carrara marble quarry Steven finds a Hitachi giant, the 46-tonne ZW550. This uses stone forks to move blocks of marble of over 30 tonnes up torturously steep tracks. There are several Komatsu examples in this DVD, including WA500, 800 and 900. Towering above these is the Komatsu WA1200 at work in the Norwegian ilmenite mine. This 200-tonne brute, currently the world’s largest mechanical loader, comfortably shifts 40-45 tonnes an hour – sometimes more. The machines in this programme – among the largest produced by each manufacturer – are superb workhorses whose size and power are enthralling. In the companion programme, Part Two, Steven shows us the largest wheeled loaders from Caterpillar, Liebherr and Volvo. The two wheeled loaders DVDs are numbers 9 and 10 in the Old Pond Massive Machines series. Steven Vale is a freelance journalist based in Holland. He specialises in writing about machinery in the earthmoving and agricultural sectors. He has prepared nine DVDs and the book Walking with Giants: Europe's Massive Earthmovers.
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75 minutes play time English spoken
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Construction Collection - part three
Construction Collection Part 3 The Tough One's
See Ford’s tough backhoe loaders adding a new dimension to digging design with the introduction of stronger more maneuverable machines. Watch the mighty H42 & H44 excavators putting their rugged dependable power to the test in quarries and on building & demolition sites around the world. The high performance A62, A64 & A66 wheeled loaders demonstrate their remarkable, intelligent hydraulic systems along with a fine introduction to a host of new heavy plant machines that were all part of Ford's fantastic Tough Ones!
Includes Ford & Fordson Industrial Power Special Feature
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- running time 90 minutes
- English spoken
- publisher Second Sight productions
Construction Collection Part Two
Construction Collection Part Two
International Harvester
A New Breed
Look back at the origins of construction equipment with magnificent early IH machines fitted with a number of clever and bizarre attachments. Watch the reliable TD 15’s getting the job done with the help of some innovative Drott 4 in 1 buckets. Then to a super highway project with the mighty 295 Payscraper & 495 Paywagon outperforming every other machine on the job. We finish up with a look at the magnificent 560 Payloader a powerful and maneuverable mid range machine. Representing a brand new concept and new generation of plant equipment as International Harvester welcomed the birth of A New Breed of machine.
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running time 79 minutes
English spoken
second sight productions
MAD ABOUT EARTH MOVERS
| MAD ABOUT Earth Movers |
Andrew Beulah's Meaux Abbey Farm, in Yorkshire is a fascinating place for enthusiasts of heavy earth-moving machinery. Andrew's own collection of tractors, bulldozers, excavators and similar big tackle are housed there, but it is also the base for people who own big machines, but have nowhere to keep them at home.
Regular working sessions are held at the farm, and this film is a record of one of them, when the main centre of attention was the range of excavators kept there. The farm is only a few miles from the site of the works of the Priestman company, one of Britain's most important excavator manufacturers in the years after WWII, so it isn't surprising that the event featured a good selection of Priestman dragline and cable excavators. Examples of the Cub, Tiger and Lion cable-operated ranges can all be seen at work, as well as one of the early Beaver Hydraulic excavators. Other hydraulic machines being operated include a Ruston-Bucyrus 220RH and one of the innovative JCB 110 tracked loaders.
Other machines on the film include two Fowler Challenger tractors, a Vickers Vigar bull-dozer based on tank technology and the remarkable Caterpillar Sugar Baby tractor. Close-up filming allows the sights and sounds of all these big machines to be enjoyed in full.
Bonus features offer heavy earth moving machinery levelling a field and filling a ditch, three excavators digging a wildlife pond and more examples of Andrew's big machines, including a heavy-lift crane built for export markets and an American device brought over during the war for recovering crashed aircraft and other military equipment.
- Runningtime 84 minutes
- English spoken
- Publisher: Prime Time Video
MAD ABOUT CLASSIC PLANT
| MAD ABOUT Classic Plant |
If you are Mad about Classic Plant, then seeing it put to work is a special treat. So when the Link Club, previously the Antique Caterpillar Owners’ Club of Great Britain, were asked to restore a 4x4 off-road vehicle course in an old quarry at Sibbertoft in Leicestershire it offered the chance to see some powerful machines at work. Caterpillar tractors, bulldozers and crawler loaders, as well as a Track Marshall 55 and an International TD18 provided the motive power for a fleet of five scraper boxes and a big Killifer Ripper. Between them they levelled hills and built new ones, reshaped ponds, filled gullies and created tracks through the quarry. This DVD covers all the stages of the operation, from the untouched site to the completed job. Bonus material gives more details of the arrival of the equipment and the working scrapers.
Caterpillar equipment featured includes: D9G, D8 with 435F scraper, D7M and D6 with scraper boxes, Diesel 75 and ripper, 983, 933, 941B, 943, 951C, D2, D4D, and D4E, including a version adapted for working on the railways.
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- Runningtime 80 minutes
- English spoken
- Publisher: Prime Time Video
Scrap metal giants
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. They form just part of the massive amount that goes through the shredder, sometimes as much as 150 tonnes an hour. After shredding and stockpiling, the ferrous metal is loaded onto ships by four very special Liebherr 984s. The source of metal scrap ranges from drinks cans to structures weighing several thousand tonnes. On Norway's coast sections of decommissioned oil rigs are brought in by Thialf, the world's largest crane vessel. Once on the dock the sections are moved by SPMTs to areas where they can be cut up for recycling. This is where Rusch's new demolition machine is being pioneered, based on a Cat 5130B mining excavator and carrying a 25-tonne tool. Balance cranes are designed to use the force of gravity as a substitute for some of the mechanical power in materials handling. Steven Vale takes us to see Europe's newest and largest examples at work in Belgium: E-Cranes including one from the 2000 series. Another example of balance crane is the Sennebogen 880D at work on the UK's south coast unloading steel bars. Steel mills have a special attraction because there you see scrap being handled – in the case of Thamesteel at Sheerness by Swedish-made MultiDockers – and loaded into the mill before reappearing as steel billets ready for use once again. The processes, machines and narration in this programme give a fascinating insight into the current state of metals recycling in Europe. Steven Vale has planned and scripted many of the DVDs in the Massive machines series of which this is Number 8
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86 minutes play time English spoken
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Massive Backhoe Dredgers
| Massive Backhoe Dredgers |
Steven Vale shows some of the world's largest and most powerful hydraulic backhoe dredgers at work on their pontoons. These enormous machines – often adapted mining excavators – serve the needs of ports, deepening their seaways and building new facilities to handle ever-larger cargo vessels.
By UK standards, machines shown in the first part of the programme such as the Liebherr P964 and Caterpillar 375 are impressive. However, Steven moves on to some truly massive floating dredgers. Developing the southern end of Felixstowe's Trinity terminal is 'Maricavor' a 300-tonne Komatsu PC3000.
At work in the Finnish Gulf of Bothnia are two Hitachi EX1900s and 'Nordic Giant', a Liebherr P995 that shifts 12,000 cubic metres of material a day. An even larger Liebherr, a 520-tonne P996 capable of reaching down to 37 metres, is operating in the hazardous seas off the Belgian coast at Ostend. Hazardous because of the unexploded bombs it regularly dredges up.
Steven Vale uses interviews to highlight some of the choices and issues faced by the operators of these machines. He also takes us into an exciting future with footage from the Pacific of a Backacter BA1100 whose 25 cu metre bucket lifts 810 cu metres an hour at 20 metres depth. Constructed by De Donge Shipyard in the Netherlands – and we see construction in progress – this is one of the new breed of dedicated marine dredgers competing in the market against adapted machines
Running time 100 minutes
English spoken
This is an Old Pond publication
Massive Miners part 2
| Britain’s Massive Miners Part 2 | DVD, PAL format | ||
A Northumberland surface coal mine is the setting for the hydraulic excavator which is currently the biggest in Britain and the biggest Terex model in Europe – the Terex O&K RH 200. It works with advanced noise- and dust-suppression technology to load nearly 50 tonnes at a time with a 26 cubic metre bucket.
At work in a Yorkshire limestone quarry is the largest excavator Caterpillar currently has in Britain. Only four of these 5130s were ever brought into the country.
A Scottish coal mine yields examples of the R 9350, Liebherr’s biggest excavator in Britain, working with the country’s largest fleet of Terex TR 100 dump trucks and a big Cat 834H wheeled loader.
Other highlights of this exciting programme are a 340-tonne O&K RH170, the only one in Britain, and an old 480-tonne O&K RH 200 loading Cat 789 trucks. There is even a quick look at Chevington Collier, a decommissioned Bucyrus-Erie 1260W walking dragline.
As in his other acclaimed DVDs, Steven Vale supplies plenty of information about the machines in his enthusiastic and detailed script narrated by David Holt.
Contents
Terex O&K RH 120-E hydraulic excavator
Terex TR100 dump trucks
Liebherr R 9350 hydraulic excavator (face-shovel and backhoe)
Cat 834H wheeled dozer
Cat D10T tracked dozer
Bucyrus Erie dragline (retired)
O&K RH 170 hydraulic excavator
Cat 785 dump trucks
O&K RH 200 hydraulic excavator
Cat 789 dump trucks
Cat 385 hydraulic excavator
Cat 5130B hydraulic excavator
Terex O&K RH 200 hydraulic excavator
Play time 82 minutes
English spoken
Compiled by Steven Vale
This is an Old Pond production.
Massive Miners part 1
Komatsu and Hitachi star in the first of Steven Vale’s films about the hydraulic excavators to be found at work in Britain’s surface coal mines.
In Wales, Steven recorded a couple of 250-tonne PC 3000s, the Dash-6 currently being the biggest and newest Komatsu excavator in Britain. They dwarf the Cat 777F dump trucks they are loading with overburden. Not far away a Demag H185S also loads overburden.
The biggest Hitachi excavators currently at work in the UK are the EX 1900s which Steven also recorded in Wales. They come in at 190 tonnes.
Among the face shovels and backhoes at work in Northumberland are the O&K RH 120-Cs, still going strong after twenty years. Some of them feature industry-leading noise- and dust-suppression technology. These popular workhorses are joined by the very first Cat-powered 120-Es in Britain.
Britain’s surface pits continue to extract substantial quantities of coal from sites previously worked underground. How this is achieved with dedicated machinery is the theme of this absorbing programme.
Contents
O&K RH 120-C hydraulic excavator (face-shovels and backhoe)
Terex O&K RH 120-E hydraulic excavator
Cat D9T tracked dozer
Cat 785 dump truck
Demag H185S hydraulic excavator
Cat 824H wheeled dozer
Komatsu PC3000 Dash-1 hydraulic excavator
Komatsu PC3000 Dash-6 hydraulic excavators (face-shovel and backhoe)
Cat 777F dump trucks
Komatsu PC1250 Dash-8 hydraulic excavator
Cat 16M grader
Hitachi EX1900 Dash-5 hydraulic excavator
Hitachi EX1900 Dash-6 hydraulic excavator
79 minutes
English spoken
Compiled by Steven Vale
This is an Old Pond production.
Massive earth moving machines part 4
The large, specialised machines in this programme have one task: to move mountains. In the Fabero coal mine, northern Spain, you can see a 520-tonne Hitachi EX5500 hydraulic excavator making light work of overburden. This beast feeds 200-tonne capacity Cat 789C trucks in just three or four passes. Nearby, a Komatsu D475A dozer – the biggest in Europe – is ripping through rock. In footage from mines associated with Fabero you will see other immense hydraulic excavators at work: Komatsu PC3000 and Hitachi EX3600. Among the many supporting machines on view are Komatsu WA800 and WA600 wheeled loaders. | ||||||||
90 minutes play time English spoken
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Massive earth moving machines part 3
Massive Earthmoving Machines Part 3: Aitik copper mine
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. The filming has been organised and scripted by Steven Vale, European Correspondent of Earthmovers magazine. Steven shows the massive equipment and skilful organisation needed to extract 43 million tonnes of material per year. Several of these machines are the largest of their classes to be found working anywhere in Europe. The programme also contains an outstanding blasting sequence. |  Komatsu PC5500-6 electro-hydraulic excavator. | ||
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- English spoken
- running time 75 minutes
- compiled by Steven Vale
- published by Old Pond Publishing Ltd.
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Massive earth moving machines part 2
| Massive Earthmoving Machines Part 2: Black thunder and Garzweiler | DVD, PAL format | ||
| Keith Haddock |
There are the two absolutely exceptional pieces of machinery in this programme recorded at open-cast coalmines in Wyoming and Germany.
The star at the Black Thunder mine is “Ursa Major”, a Bucyrus-Erie 2570-WS walking dragline – the largest working in North America. Keith Haddock guides us knowledgeably through the engineering and operation of this giant and shows how it fits into the mine’s work-flow. Black Thunder has some other outstanding machines at work including the Bucyrus 495 HR electric shovel and the Cat 657E scraper, both the world’s largest of their kinds.
Germany’s lignite (brown coal) deposits are suitable for extraction by the continuous mining process using bucketwheel excavators and a complex system of conveyors. Bucketwheel 288 used at Garzweiler by RWE Power AG truly is a monster – the world’s largest terrestrial moving machine that can extract and convey 12,500 cubic metres of lignite or overburden an hour. The programme takes a very close look at this machine and includes other aspects of the mine such as spreading, coal haulage by train and reclamation.
The script is by Keith Haddock, retired mining engineer and author of many books on earthmoving equipment.
play time 70 minutes
English spoken
This is an Old Pond Publication.
Massive earth moving machines part 1
| Massive Earthmoving Machines Part 1: Belle Ayr and Beener Coal | DVD, PAL format | ||
| Keith Haddock |
Two contrasting open-cast coalmines in America use some of the largest machines of their kinds to be found anywhere.
At the Belle Ayr mine, Gillette, Wyoming, one of the world’s biggest electric shovels, the P&H 4100XPB, is removing overburden above the coal seams. It dwarfs the Caterpillar 797B haul trucks it loads, even though these are the largest mechanically driven trucks in the world. Among other impressive equipment is the world’s biggest motor grader available today, the Cat 24-H.
Whereas Belle Ayr, one of the greatest mines in the United States, uses a central electric supply for its shovels, the far smaller Beener Coal at Barton, Maryland, makes use of diesel technology. Their Bucyrus-Erie 295B series II is the world’s biggest diesel-powered rope shovel. Working alongside it is another monster: the Komatsu D575A bulldozer – again, the world’s largest.
The programme focuses on extreme machines but also shows how these mines operate, from extraction and haulage to processing, transport and reclamation. The script is by Keith Haddock, retired mining engineer and author of many books on earthmoving equipment. For an extra he takes us to the Cam-Plex mining museum, near Gillette.
Play time 70 minutes
English spoken
This is an Old Pond publication
Demolition Giants
The technology of demolition has changed beyond all recognition over the past two decades. The dust-raising ball and chain have gone, replaced by telescopic high-reach extensions to tracked machinery.
In this programme you can see some of the world’s tallest demolition machines at work in Holland and the UK. The reach of one of these massive machines is 90 metres. No less impressive are the tools at the end of the booms, weighing up to 28 tonnes and capable of slicing through reinforced concrete and metal.
You will be able to gain an unrivalled insight into a demolition contractor’s choice of equipment from the programme’s interview with David Coleman. Boom manufacturer David Kocurek talks about the practical limits of the booms which you can see being made at the Kocurek workshops.
The programme has been organised and scripted by machinery journalist Steven Vale whose previous DVD on Sweden’s Aitik copper mine was described by Earthmovers magazine as ‘sheer quality’
Contents
- Introduction.
- Hitachi ZX870 with STC 50 m four-piece boom and Verachtert VT40 2.6-tonne scrap shear.
- Hitachi EX1200 with Kocurek 50 m telescopic boom and concrete crusher.
- Cat 385C with Rusch Special Products 62 m telescopic boom and scrap shear.
- Hitachi EX1200 with Genesis GXP 2500 scrap shear.
- Cat 385 with VHS 70/3 scrap shear.
- Hitachi EX1200 with Genesis GXP 2500 scrap shear.
- Cat 5110B with 27 m three-piece STC boom, Mantovanibenne 12-tonne concrete crusher and 12-tonne scrap shear.
- Liebherr R984C with Kocurek 65 m telescopic boom and 3.5 tonne Cat MP30 Multi Processor concrete crusher.
- Kocurek factory.
- Cat 5110B with Rusch Special Products 90 m telescopic boom and scrap shear.
Extras
David Coleman
David Kocurek
play time 80 minutes plus extra;s
English spoken
Compiled by Steven Vale
This is an Old Pond production
