Construction equipment

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Skid-Steer Loader

compact machine with lift arms that can attach to a wide variety of buckets and other labor-saving tools or attachments.

Loader

heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery

Telehandlers

hoisting equipment used in construction to lift heavy materials up to required height or to provide construction platform for workers

Bulldozer / dozer

large, motorized machine equipped with a metal blade to the front for pushing material: soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock during construction work.

Forklift

powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances.

Dragline Excavator

used for reaching extensive depths at surface mining sites, above ground excavation sites, and more.

Dump Truck

used for transporting materials for construction as well as coal.

Paver

used to lay asphalt concrete or Portland cement concrete on roads, bridges, parking lots and other such places.

Compactor

used to reduce the size of material such as waste material or bio mass through compaction.

Tracked Loader

useful anywhere tires won't work. They can handle all sorts of uneven and unfinished terrain

Excavator

widely used equipment in construction industry. Their general purpose is to dig / excavate

Top construction machinery companies

Caterpillar, Komatsu, John Deere, XCMG, Sany, Volvo CE, Hitachi, Liebherr, Doosan, Zoomlion

Backhoe / rear actor / back actor

a type of excavating equipment, or digger, consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. It is typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader, the latter forming a "backhoe loader".

Wheel Tractor-Scraper

a type of heavy equipment used for earthmoving. It has a pan/hopper for loading and carrying material.


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