Heavy construction equipment is used for a lot of different things in big projects. The choice of heavy equipment is influenced by the size of the job and the budget for the project. These make the construction process easier and faster.
The various kinds of heavy construction equipment that are frequently used in construction are as follows
Examples of excavators include the Backhoe Dragline
- Excavator
- Bulldozer
- Grader
- Wheel Tractor
- Scraper
- Trencher
- Loader
- Tower Crane
- Paver
- Compactor
- Telehandler
- Feller Buncher
- Dump Truck
- Pile Boring Machine
- Pile Driving Machine
- Pile Boring Machine
- Excavator
Excavators are important and widely used equipment in construction industry. Their general purpose is to excavation but other than that they are also used for many purposes like heavy lifting, demolition, river dredging, cutting of trees etc. Excavators contains a long arm and a cabinet. At the end of long arm digging bucket is provided and cabinet is the place provided for machine operator. This whole cabin arrangement can be rotatable up to 360o which eases the operation. Excavators are available in both wheeled and tracked forms of vehicles.
2 .Bulldozer
Backhoe is another widely used equipment which is suitable for multiple purposes. The name itself telling that the hoe arrangement is provided on the back side of vehicle while loading bucket is provided in the front. This is well useful for excavating trenches below the machine level and using front bucket loading, unloading and lifting of materials can be done.