Engineering vehicle

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An excavator. The bucket is raked toward the machine to create a trench or pit while the lower jaw enables logs to be moved and loaded and buildings to be dismantled. The lower jaw on this excavator makes it a particularly specialised machine. Most excavators have only the bucket fitted
An excavator. The bucket is raked toward the machine to create a trench or pit while the lower jaw enables logs to be moved and loaded and buildings to be dismantled. The lower jaw on this excavator makes it a particularly specialised machine. Most excavators have only the bucket fitted
A Combat engineering vehicle, based on a tank chassis and equipped with a bulldozer blade and a demolition gun.
A Combat engineering vehicle, based on a tank chassis and equipped with a bulldozer blade and a demolition gun.
A wheeled front loader at work. This wheeled tractor is equipped with a large bucket, which can be raised or lowered by hydraulic arms.
A wheeled front loader at work. This wheeled tractor is equipped with a large bucket, which can be raised or lowered by hydraulic arms.
Caterpillar D9 armoured bulldozer. Heavy bulldozers are powerful tools, equipped with a hollow steel blade, making them highly suitable for military applications and large earthmoving projects.
Caterpillar D9 armoured bulldozer. Heavy bulldozers are powerful tools, equipped with a hollow steel blade, making them highly suitable for military applications and large earthmoving projects.
A Drilling machine at a construction site with a concrete pump and a barely visible concrete mixer. The tops of foundation piles with re-inforcing iron rods sticking out, are visible at the bottom of the photo.
A Drilling machine at a construction site with a concrete pump and a barely visible concrete mixer. The tops of foundation piles with re-inforcing iron rods sticking out, are visible at the bottom of the photo.

Engineering vehicles, or construction equipment (sometimes referred to as earth movers), are heavy-duty vehicles, specially designed for executing civil engineering and construction tasks.

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[edit] Types

[edit] Tools

[edit] Applications

[edit] Models

Main article: Model construction vehicle

Die-cast metal promotional scale models of heavy equipment are often produced for each vehicle to give to prospective customers. These are typically in 1:50 scale. The popular manufacturers of these models are Conrad and NZG in Germany, even for US vehicles.

[edit] Manufacturers

The leading global manufacturers of construction equipment (in order):

  1. Caterpillar Inc.
  2. Komatsu
  3. CNH Global (CASE)
  4. Volvo Construction Equipment
  5. Deere & Company
  6. Ingersoll Rand
  7. Bobcat Company
  8. Hitachi Construction Machinery
       (a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd.; inc: Euclid Trucks)
  9. JCB
  10. Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)

Other manufacturers:

[edit] Operator training

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[edit] US

The National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools provides national certification for heavy equipment operator trainees.

[edit] See also

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