| Earth Moving equipment are also known as | | | | device that is used to drive piles into the soil. The |
| construction equipment or engineering vehicles or | | | | process of pile driving is used to make the |
| heavy equipment. They are extremely huge and | | | | foundations of constructions or to strengthen |
| heavy machines and are a combination of four or | | | | buildings. |
| five machines. A major advantage of using | | | | • Excavator Bucket- Excavator bucket refers to a |
| earth-moving equipments is that they perform | | | | bucket-like tool which is attached to a heavy vehicle |
| different kinds of functions at a time. Earth moving | | | | and is used for scooping waste, soil and such other |
| equipments constitute five basic systems, namely | | | | materials. |
| implementation, traction, control, power train and | | | | • Grapple -Grapple is a machine which has a hook |
| structure. Majority of these equipments operate using | | | | or a claw and can be attached to other heavier |
| hydraulics and power transfers. | | | | vehicles or machines. |
| There are a variety of Earth moving equipments and | | | | • Crane- Crane refers to a lifting machine which |
| tools such as: | | | | when attached to a simple device like a rake or a |
| • Backhoe- Backhoe is an equipment used in | | | | bucket can lift or move heavy loads. Cranes are |
| excavation and is mainly used for digging the earth. It | | | | generally used to lift construction waste, soil, debris |
| has a digging bucket attached at its end which is in | | | | etc. |
| turn attached to the back of a tractor. | | | | • Drilling Machine-Drilling machines are huge |
| • Road Roller- A road roller is used to construct | | | | equipments used to drill wells or holes in the earth. |
| the foundations of roads. It is used to compact soil, | | | | They are typically used to drill oil or water wells. |
| asphalt, concrete & gravel and to compress the | | | | • Bulldozer-A bulldozer is a heavy earth moving |
| surface on which it is rolled. | | | | equipment used to move huge quantities of soil, |
| • Hydraulic Hammer- The hydraulic hammer is | | | | rubble, construction material, sand, etc. |
| used to demolish concrete structures or rocks. | | | | • Feller Buncher- Feller Buncher is an equipment |
| • Pile Driver – Pile driver is an engineering | | | | used for cutting and logging trees. |