Old Pond publishing days

The World of Custom Trucks new hardback book by Ferdy De Martin and Xavier Stefaniak now in stock

"A stunning production ... Ferdy and Xavier have done a cracking job in producing a book that will grace any trucker's coffee table," writes Brian Weatherley in Biglorryblog. Praise for The World of Custom Trucks, the new hardback book by Ferdy De Martin and Xavier Stéfaniak, now available from Old Pond at £19.95. Full details and secure online ordering are here.

The Massey Ferguson 35 Tractor Workshop Service Manual new book now in stock

The new hardback book from Chris Jaworski is now available from Old Pond at £24.95. The Massey Ferguson 35 Tractor Workshop Service Manual contains over 600 photographs and a wealth of knowledge about the tractor and its component parts. For more details or to order securely online see here.

Patrick Barkham's DVD guide to British butterflies is now in stock

Patrick Barkham's Guide to British Butterlies is a very special DVD. The two discs, running for just under five hours, contain stunning filming and and comprehensive information about how to identify and where and when to see our 59 species of butterflies. It is now in stock at Old Pond at £24.95 inc. VAT. For more information or to order securely online see here.

Volvo F10 & F12 1977-83 new book by Patrick W Dyer advance information

Volvo F10 and F12 at Work 1977-83,  Patrick W Dyer. Hardback, 210 x 265 mm (landscape), 144 pages inc. approx 210 photographs. ISBN 978-1-908397-61-4. Now available from Old Pond at £19.95.

Advance orders and further information: [email protected].

Volvo F10 & F12 1977–83 at Work follows the development of the highly successful F10 and F12 trucks, beginning with the N-series and ending with the legendary Globetrotters. The book is full of evocative photographs supplied by enthusiasts and drawn from the Volvo archive.

Patrick Dyer’s first book on Volvo, dealing with the F88 and F89, took the reader up to the F88 290 – a truck intended as a stop gap during the development of the F10 and F12. In 1977, the F10 and F12 with their dramatic new cabs were revealed to the world at the Frankfurt show. However, Volvo was never a company to rest on its laurels and in 1979 it delighted drivers and confounded the competition by introducing an entirely new concept to the market – the raised roof sleeper. The Globetrotter was born.

A fine selection of over 200 photographs sourced from the Volvo archive and trucking enthusiasts shows UK operators as well as continental ones. This collection of images, accompanied by informative text, will evoke a host of memories from people in the trucking world. Volvo F10 & F12 1977–83 at Work is a must-have for every Volvo enthusiast.

This is the seventh book by Patrick W Dyer published by Old Pond Publishing. He lives in Essex where his day job is in motor sport. He holds a Class One licence and drives whenever possible. He is the proud owner of a 1983 Volvo F12, finished in the livery of Edwin Shirley Trucking.

 

Australian Heavy Metal new trucking and heavy haulage DVD in stock

The new DVD from CP Productions, Australian Heavy Metal, contains some of the most exciting hauls you will ever see on film. It includes road trains, very oversize loads and off-road hauls in the Pilbara iron-ore mining region, north-west Australia. It is now in stock at Old Pond. Full details and secure online ordering are here.

New Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 4 DVD set in stock

The new Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Complete Series 4 is now available from Old Pond as a 4-DVD set (approx 360 minutes) for £19.95 inc. VAT. Details and secure online ordering are here.

Not All Sunshine & Sand, Paul Rowlands' Tales of a UK-Middle East truck driver now in stock in paperback

The experiences of trucker Paul Rowlands running to and from the Middle East were sometimes humorous, quite often alarming. In Not All Sunshine & Sand - now published in paperback at £7.95 - he takes you fully into the adventurous life of the long-haul trucker. Details and secure online ordering are here.

Farming Diaries Volume Three new DVD by Tractor Barn now in stock

In Farming Diaries Volume Three: A Life on the Land, the Tractor Barn duo Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam record part of Ted Fenner's final year as a tenant farmer in East Sussex. His classic Massey Ferguson tractors and 595 combine are joined by a Ford TW15 and Claas Quadrant. The 90-minute DVD is now in stock. Full details and secure online ordering are here.

Australian Heavy Metal new trucking DVD from CP Productions advance information

Australian Heavy Metal, Pete Connock and Martin Phippard (CP Productions). DVD approx 75 minutes. ISBN 978-1-908397-71-3. Now in stock at Old Pond at £16.95.

Here you will see some superb examples of the haulage needed to support the continuing expansion of the iron-ore business on Australia’s north-west coast. Pete Connock has filmed some of the most exciting trucks in the world, operating between Perth and the Pilbara to supply the mining communities with their essential goods and to move iron ore.

So, besides filming ‘standard’ two- and three-trailer road trains, Pete was able to record monster lifts of heavy mining equipment up to several hundred tonnes as well as some of the world’s largest mining trucks in action. Two-engined equipment from Powertrans working off-road provides a particularly thrilling feature in this absorbing programme.

The script is by Martin Phippard, Pete Connock’s partner in the specialist company, CP Productions, which for over twenty years has been making films for trucking enthusiasts. For more DVDs by Martin and Pete see here.

Extreme Earthmovers at Work new DVD by Eric Orlemann and Keith Haddock advance information

Extreme Earthmovers at Work, Eric Orlemann and Keith Haddock. DVD, approx 67 minutes plus 10-minute Extra. ISBN 978-1-908397-48-5. Now available from Old Pond at £16.95 inc VAT.

Extreme Earthmovers at Work is a compilation of film recorded by Eric Orlemann in 2005-8 at surface mines in the United States.

You will see that he has focused on some of the largest and most impressive machines of their classes. ‘The Silver Spade’, a Bucyrus-Erie 1950-B, was one of the biggest stripping shovels ever constructed, weighing in at 7,200 tons. Eric captured its 200ft boom and 80 cu m bucket at work before it was stood down in 2006.

You will also watch examples of the world’s largest production bulldozer, the Komatsu 575-A, at work as well as the LeTourneau L-2350, the world’s largest wheel loader.

Other truly big machines, including scrapers from Caterpillar and a hydraulic shovel from Liebherr, will add to your excitement.

In his script, Keith Haddock gives you the full context of the machines and the surface mining operation in which they are involved. The running time of the main programme is just over an hour. This is followed by a ten-minute Extra of more (un-narrated) footage of The Silver Spade.

The following are the principal machines in the film are:
Bucyrus-Erie 1950-B Stripping Shovel, ‘The Silver Spade’
Komatsu D575A Super Ripper
Komatsu D575A Super Dozer
LeTourneau L-1850 Wheel Loader
LeTourneau L-2350 Wheel Loader
Caterpillar 994F Wheel Loader
Caterpillar D11R Bulldozer
Caterpillar 657E Scraper
Liebherr R995 Hydraulic Shovel.

Eric Orlemann, based in Decatur, Illinois, has written many articles and books on earthmoving topics. He was co-founder, with Keith Haddock, of the Historical Contruction Equipment association (HCEA) that now has 5,000 members.

Keith Haddock, a British mining engineer now resident in Canada, prepared the first two programmes in Old Pond’s successful 'Massive Earthmoving Machines' series of DVDs. He is the author of earthmoving books and contributes to earthmoving magazines in the UK and United States.