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If you were to place a bulldozer and road grader side-by-side you would have to admit they were completely different machines. About the only similarity between the two is they both have blades. The bulldozer's blade is front and center…
That is the call I am seeing these days - not experienced bulldozer operators - no, they are asking for reliable bulldozer operators. One of the problems many construction crews are now finding is a general approach of apathy when…
Do you use bulldozers or a range of other heavy equipment in a specialized environment that requires specialized skills? If so, then engaging a professional training organization to deliver customized training can cut your long term costs to a fraction…
What do dump trucks, bulldozers and beaches have to do with each other? Every year our coastline is ravaged by storms. Some areas are hit harder than others resulting in tons of beach sand being washed out to sea. Our…
One of the most popular heavy equipment occupations is that of a bulldozer operator. In fact, it is one of the most widely used machines with uses ranging from farming and the farm gate to final factory processing. Along the…
Bulldozers have their origins in agriculture and they are moving back into this industry big time these days. The bulldozer's origin was that of a humble farm tractor that had a blade attached to the front. We have come a…
There is one skill that bulldozer operators need to acquire fairly quickly and that is the ability to read the earth. How hard is it; what sort of material is made up from; how long will it take to do…
If you have read any of our previous posts you will know that a bulldozer is a piece of heavy equipment that is designed to use muscle to scrape the surface and push dirt around. You could say they were…
Bulldozers come in all shapes and sizes but one thing almost always stays the same - the tracks that keep them on the go. Because of their size, weight and the jobs they have to do, bulldozers use tracks similar…
When people think of heavy equipment, their initial reaction is to think of bulldozers, graders, excavators, and perhaps backhoes. There is actually a much wider range of machinery that is used in construction or mining that is classified as heavy…