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

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.

Caterpillar D9 armoured bulldozer. Heavy bulldozers are powerful tools, equipped with a solid 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 columns with re-enforcing iron rods sticking out, are visible at the bottom of the photo.

Engineering vehicles, or construction equipment, are heavy-duty vehicles, specially designed for executing engineering and construction tasks.

Contents

1 Types
2 Tools
3 Applications
4 Models
5 Manufacturers
6 External links
7 See also

Types

Tools

Applications

Models

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

Manufacturers

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

Caterpillar Inc.
Komatsu
CNH Global (CASE)
Volvo Construction Equipment
Deere & Company
Ingersoll Rand
Bobcat Company
Hitachi Construction Machinery (a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd.; inc: Euclid)
JCB

Other manufacturers:

For more manufactureres of construction equipment, see: List of construction equipment manufacturers

External links

[Used construction equipment marketplace]
[Configure Caterpillar construction equipment] - from the official website