Performance Handbook edition 9 - question

The performance books are intended to help owners and estimators with procuction rates and specifications of the various pieces of Cat equipment. The higher number edition the newer the equipment.-glen

hello Arthropod ,caterpillar has had performance hand books from the early start of the company,
in the thirty's it was called =dotted line handbook ? ,
i have one from the sixty's called caterpillar performance handbook,it is a small ring binder that was update with new sheet every year and then in the early seventy's they went to the style that you have ,bruce oz


free 2009 caterpillar performance handbook =20mb
http://www.albancat.com/home/library/CatPerfHandbook.pdf

The comprehensive info found in the Cat Performance Handbooks is designed to assist salespeople, and owners, as to all the specifications, performance, tables, costs, and associated info, involved in running Cats for a living.

This info has been available from the early 1930's, and was originally published as part of the "Sales Kits". The particular publication that was the early version of the CPH, is called "Earthmoving, Construction, Industrial and Logging Data".

This publication came out on a reasonably regular basis .. but not annually.
In the mid 1960's, a binder format was devised for this info, and it became more comprehensive. I think what drove this information rollout, was the need to update info for owners, when Cat released a range of new models.

The CPH commenced life in the format shown by Arthropod in 1971, and has been released annually ever since. Naturally, Komatsu produce a similar booklet, and follow the same format .. 😄

Here's a scan of the index page of a 1936 copy of this booklet that I own. Some of the logging data and info, was lifted directly from a 1935 Hyster logging information booklet.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5858/cph1936.jpg

That fine/lite print in those shrunken performance handbooks sure make it tough for us old guys to read😞 😞

Hey old magnet ,once it comes up ,click on on to it again to increase the size.I have found also if it is too hard to read ,use a printer to print it out and it usually is a lot clearer .Or admit it ,Its time for a new set of glassess😮 😄 ian.