Heavy Equipment Basics
The use of heavy equipment is an important part of residential, commercial, and roadway construction and maintenance operations.
This piece of heavy equipment would be classified as excavating equipment.
A variety of heavy equipment are used in construction and maintenance.
Types of Heavy Equipment
Heavy equipment can be classified into the following categories based on the type of operation:
- excavating equipment
- lifting equipment
- loading and hauling equipment
- compaction equipment
- grading and finishing equipment
- paving and surface treatment equipment
Depending upon their versatility, heavy equipment may be used for multiple purposes. For example, backhoes are normally used for excavating but they can also load the excavated materials into trucks.
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