Old Pond publishing days

New DVDs and book in stock at Old Pond

Old Pond Publishing has added four DVDs and one book to its list.

The following are links to the details of the new items and to secure online ordering:

Ice Road Truckers The Complete Season 5. History Channel. DVD. £19.95. See here.

IRT Deadliest Roads Season 2 The Andes. History Channel. DVD. £19.95. See here.

Massey Ferguson Thinking Tractors 3000 Series Part 3. Tractor Barn. DVD. £16.95. See here.

Massey Ferguson Thinking Tractors 3000 Series Part 4. Tractor Barn. DVD. £16.95. See here.

We have also added an MF Thinking Tractors 4-DVD set offer at £64.95 to the Old Pond Offers Page.

The Farm Tractor Handbook, George Sherwood. Hardback book (facsimile of the 1918 edition). £14.95. See here.

Our Stand at the Suffolk Show

This year, for the first time, Old Pond will not have a sales stand at the Suffolk Show.

Our Stand at Gaydon Model Truck Festival

The Gaydon Model Truck Festival forms part of the Classic Vintage Commercial Show which takes place 9-10 June at the Gaydon Heritage Motor Centre. We at Old Pond will have a sales stand in the truck model area.

Ipswich: Lost Inns, Taverns and Public Houses by David Kindred new book advance information

Ipswich: Lost Inns, Taverns and Public Houses, David Kindred. Paperback book, 243 x 169 mm, 144 pages inc approx 250 photographs. ISBN 978-1-908397-33-1. Now in stock at Old Pond at £14.95.

David Kindred’s book is a remarkable record of some 400 public houses, inns and beerhouses. The entries are organised into two sections. The first describes the public houses that have been closed since 1919 and includes photographs of the establishments, while the second lists closures from the eighteenth century to the First World War punctuated with photographs where available.

By consulting archives, borough records, period newspapers and the painstaking research of the late Jack Ruffles, David Kindred has successfully painted a picture of the Ipswich local from front-room beerhouse to grand hotel. With interesting anecdotes from town residents, a section on old coaching inns and some 250 photographs, this book shows that the town has enjoyed a truly diverse wealth of inns, taverns and public houses.

David Kindred has worked in professional photography for 50 years, spending much of this time with the East Anglian Daily Times and Evening Star newspapers in Ipswich. This will be his seventh book with Old Pond Publishing.

Massey Ferguson Implements and Machinery Part One DVD is now in stock

The new Old Pond DVD Massey Ferguson Implements and Machinery Part One 1958-70 by George French and Dennis Burston is now in stock and available here at £16.95.

Filming for Parts Two and Three of the three-part series is expected to be completed this summer for their release in autumn 2012 and spring 2013. 

Massive Wheeled Loaders Part two DVD by Steven Vale advance information

Massive Wheeled Loaders Part Two: Hitachi • Komatsu • LeTourneau, Steven Vale. DVD approx 75 minutes. ISBN 978-1-908397-39-3. Available now from Old Pond at £16.95 inc VAT.

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.

Massive Wheeled Loaders Part One DVD by Steven Vale advance information

Massive Wheeled Loaders Part One: Caterpillar • Liebherr • Volvo, Steven Vale. DVD approx 75 minutes. ISBN 978-1-908397-17-1. Available now from Old Pond at £16.95 inc VAT.

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.

Old Pond Publishing books publishing schedule January to July 2012

Old Pond Publishing Book Publishing Schedule January to July 2012. For August 2012 to January 2012 see here

Already Published in 2012
The Ford Transcontinental, Patrick W Dyer
Hardback, 210 x 265 mm (landscape), 144 pages inc. 206 photographs. ISBN 978-1-908397-10-2. £19.95. Available here

Farm Office Handbook, The Institute of Agricultural Secretaries and Administrators
Paperback, 210 x 160 mm, 224 pages inc. 50 tables & 5 photos. ISBN 978-1-908397-11-9. £19.95. Available here

Ron Creasey: Last of the Horselads, William Castle
Hardback, 234 x 156 mm, 228 pages inc. 20 pp illus. ISBN 978-1-906853-96-9. £19.95. Available here

Volvo F88 & F89 at Work 2nd Edition, Patrick W Dyer
Hardback, 210 x 265 mm (landscape), 144 pages inc. approx 210 photos. ISBN 978-1-908397-15-7. £19.95. Available here

MAY
The Farm Tractor Handbook, George Sherwood
Hardback, 175 x 122 mm, 224 pages inc 61 black and white photos and 58 line illustrations. ISBN 978-1-908397-20-1. £14.95. Available here

JUNE
Know Your Trains, James Race
Paperback, 104 x 155 mm landscape, 96 pages inc. 44 photographs. ISBN 978-1-908397-13-3. £4.99. Available here

Know Your Dogs, Jack Byard
Paperback, 104 x 155 mm landscape, 96 pages inc. 45 photographs. ISBN 978-1-908397-16-4. £4.99. Available here

JULY
A Farming Legacy 1920-2010: Celebrating the Centenary of the Felix Thornley Cobbold Agricultural Trust, Rosalind Thomas Available here
Paperback, 246 x 189 mm, 144 pages inc. 32 photographs. ISBN 978-1-908397-14-0. £19.95.

Old Pond DVD release schedule January to July 2012

Old Pond Publishing DVD Release and Distribution Schedule 2012
Prices are cover prices inc. UK VAT at 20%. For DVD release schedule July-December 2012 see here

Already Released in 2012
Agriculture in Germany Volumes 1-4.
Jörn & Tammo Gläser (Landtechnikvideos) £74.95 boxed set. Available here

Decade of Evolution: the Story of the Ford Series 10 Tractors Part 1 Available here
Decade of Evolution: the Story of the Ford Series 10 Tractors Part 2 Available here
Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) £16.95 each.

Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 1 Available here
Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 2 Available here
(Princess Productions) £19.95 each

Looking at Logging Part 2 Available here
Pete Connock & Martin Phippard (CP Productions / Old Pond) £16.95.

Massey Ferguson Thinking Tractors: the 3000 Series Part 1 Available here
Massey Ferguson Thinking Tractors: the 3000 Series Part 2 Available here
Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) £16.95 each.

MAY
Beet Harvesters in Britain Part One (1960-1995) Available here
Beet Harvesters in Britain Part Two (1995-2012) Available here
Chris Lockwood (Old Pond) £16.95 each.

Massey Ferguson Farm Implements and Machinery Part 1 1958-70 Available here
George French and Dennis Burston (Old Pond) £16.95.

Ice Road Truckers: the Complete Season Five(History Channel) £19.95. Available here

IRT Deadliest Roads: the Complete Season Two Andes(History Channel) £19.95. Available here

Massey Ferguson Thinking Tractors: the 3000 Series Part 3 Available here
Massey Ferguson Thinking Tractors: the 3000 Series Part 4 Available here
Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) £16.95 each.

JUNE
Country Calendar Director’s Pick (TVNZ) £17.95. Available here

Manapouri the Toughest Tunnel (TVNZ and NHNZ) £14.95. Available here

Massive Wheeled Loaders Part 1 (Caterpillar, Liebherr, Volvo) Available here 
Massive Wheeled Loaders Part 2 (Hitachi, Komatsu, LeTourneau) Available here
Steven Vale (Old Pond) £16.95 each.