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The document outlines various types of earthmoving equipment, including shovels, excavators, dozers, and scrapers, detailing their uses and advantages. It also discusses the earthmoving process, which involves activities such as excavating, loading, and compacting, along with the importance of equipment selection and management. Additionally, it highlights factors affecting equipment choice, such as performance capability and return on investment.

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The document outlines various types of earthmoving equipment, including shovels, excavators, dozers, and scrapers, detailing their uses and advantages. It also discusses the earthmoving process, which involves activities such as excavating, loading, and compacting, along with the importance of equipment selection and management. Additionally, it highlights factors affecting equipment choice, such as performance capability and return on investment.

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SHOVELS Use for:Heavy digging projects.

Pros:It has a powerful engine and large bucket capacity.

CRAWLER Use for:Grading and trench digging.


EXCAVATOR Pros:Good for uneven land.

Wheel Use for:Jobs on flat/hard surfaces.


EXCAVATOR Pros:It's fast and easy to move on concrete.

Long Reach Use for:Hard-to-reach areas.


EXCAVATOR Pros:Ithas a long extendable arm, which makes it easier to
excavate
from a safe distance.
DRAGLINE Use for:Deep pile driving, harbor construction, surface
EXCAVATOR mining, deep excavation, road excavator and under-water
operations.
Pros:Dragline excavators have a digging depth of 65 meters
or more.
Cable 1) Vertically operated bucket.
Clamshell 2) Working vertically at, above, and blow ground level.
3) Handle loose to medium stiff soils, sand, gravel, and
crushed stones

Track 1. Excavate Loose soil.


Loader / 2. Move with Soil.
Wheel 3. Loading trucks.
Loader
BACKHOE- The biggest differences between an excavator and a backhoe
LOADER is the rotation capability.

Crawler Dozers are used to push and excavate.


Dozers Dozers are used to backfill trenches, clear and level land and
maintain roads

Scrapers Scraper machines are used to remove layers of earth


Across Avast area of land.

MOTOR mining, landscaping, construction and road


GRADER Maintenance and development sectors.

Roller Used for soil compaction and road maintenance


Compactor and development sectors
Wheel Dozer Crawler Dozer
soil Firm soil and concrete Variety of soil , sharp edged pieces but not
destructive to dozer
weather Wet weather will stop or delay work Can work on soft or mud ground
Ground slope Best for level or downhill Any terrain
distance Long distance Short distance
Type of soil Handle loose soil Handle tight soil
speed High speed slow
blade load Handle moderate blade load Push large blade loads

Earthmoving: The process of moving soil or rock from one location to another and processing it
so that it meets construction requirements of location, elevation,density, moisturecontent,etc.

Activities Involved:

• Excavating
• Loading
• Hauling
• Placing (Dumping and Spreading)
• Compacting
• Grading and Finishing

Earthmoving Management:

• Accurate estimating of work quantities and job conditions


• Proper selection of equipment
• Competent job management

Factors that affect equipment selection:

• • First: the ability of the equipment to perform the required work


• • Maximizing return on investment
• • Possible future use
• • Impact on other construction equipment and operations

Trafficability is the ability of a soil to support the weight of Vehicles under repeated traffic.

Loadability

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