Loaders are machines that often get underappreciated. They may be smaller than other heavy equipment but they do a job and do it well. In fact, they do many jobs. Many pieces of the larger equipment have restrictions. They can…
One of the mysteries of heavy equipment is the name given to a backhoe. After all, the 'backhoe' is just one half of the equipment, the other half being a standard loader. More interesting is the fact that the 'backhoe'…
Winter is a testing time for many heavy equipment operators. It's hard enough trying to work through frozen ground; operators often having to turn to specialized attachments such as rippers. The presence of snow and ice also makes the ground…
The last twelve months seem to have been one of devastation when it comes to natural disasters. Turkey's recent earthquake, those in New Zealand, the violent floods in Australia, and our problems with hurricanes, tornadoes and storms have all left…
When looking at recent job vacancies for heavy equipment operators, one can't help noticing that employers are looking for operators who can operate a wide range of equipment. It's impossible to be trained on every piece of equipment in use;…
Heavy equipment is a field that involves a wide range of equipment. To be successful, operators need experience on more than one type of machine. With some equipment, the types of operations are very similar, it's just the type of…
No employer can afford to have idle employees. When it comes to construction, you have the added problem then of idle heavy equipment. In today's business environment, construction companies want to gain the maximum out of both their equipment and…
Backhoes are one of the strangest looking vehicles in a construction yard. They always remind me a little of a scorpion, sitting there with a stinger folded back behind them. What a backhoe offers to an operator is the combined…
You can go and learn to be a backhoe operator, or you can go and learn how to be a bulldozer operator, but what if I told you could learn to be both in one training program? In today's world,…
Heavy equipment - the term conjures up images of big bulldozers, excavators, and perhaps even backhoes or loaders. You need to be big, strong, and tough to operate this equipment, so women are going to struggle - right? Wrong, wrong,…