There are Many Types of Construction Equipment

London ,November 2008 — “Used Construction equipment range from the very heavy equipment to the portable and mobile lighter equipment Construction equipment with a front bucket/shovel and a small backhoe in the rear combined with a tractor is known as backhoe loader. It is mostly used in small construction sites and in urban engineering such as fixing city roads”, says Mr. Delwin Barrington of machineryjunction.com

He added that some basic knowledge about the equipments is very essential for making a Used Construction equipment equipment machinery purchase beneficial. The basic knowledge, according to him was-“A compact excavator is a wheeled or tracked vehicle with a backfill blade and swing boom. It is also known as mini excavator. The functions and movements of the machines are carried out by transferring hydraulic fluid. This makes a compact hydraulic excavator different from other construction equipment. An excavator commonly known as a digger is an engineering vehicle, with a cab mounted on a rotating platform or pivot, and a backhoe on top of an undercarriage with wheels or tracks. In untamed regions which are being reclaimed for construction, a feller buncher, a machine having an attachment, which fells trees, is used”

Caterpillar equipments are well known for construction equipments, says Mr. Delwin Barrington. “To compact gravel, dirt, asphalt and concrete in construction work and road laying a road roller which is also known as roller-compactor would be used. A motorized cultivator with a rotating blade to work in the soil is known as rotary tiller. They are either drawn behind a tractor or self-propelled. A crane is a derrick or tower equipped with pulleys and cables for lowering and lifting materials. The cranes used in construction industry are mostly temporary structures. Dragline excavation systems are heavy equipment mostly used in surface mining and civil engineering. The smaller type of dragline excavator is used for port and road construction. The larger type dragline excavator is used in strip-mining operations for coal extraction.”

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