When it comes to earthmoving, excavation, and construction, heavy equipment is simply essential for such jobs, regardless of their size. From various civil projects to large-scale commercial projects and home building, heavy machines and equipment are simply mandatory to get the job done, meet the deadline, but also make sure that the excavation or construction site is safe and secure.

When we say heavy equipment for earthmoving, we mean a broad range of different, specialized machines that can do a lot of different jobs, from grading rock and soil to excavating. Such machines are extremely useful in such endeavors as they not only speed up the earthwork but help handle construction, demolition, and material handling.

Heavy equipment is simply indispensable on job sites and, due to its multiple functions, modern construction and earth-moving sites can’t imagine their job without these machines and equipment. With all that in mind, here a couple of mandatory heavy machines that any job site simply can’t do without.

Excavators

Most common on any construction site, these large machines are usually driven by wheels or tracks. All conventional excavators have a long arm with excavator buckets at the end. These arms are attached to 360 degrees rotating pivoting cab.

These heavy construction machines are highly versatile and can be fitted with special attachments and outstanding componentry for specialty jobs. Aside from excavator buckets, componentry also includes:

• hitches
• tag floats
• widening floats
• other industry-demanding componentry

Backhoe Loaders

Backhoes or backhoe loaders are also very common in construction. With a small bucket in the back, an adjustable shovel in the front, and a farm tractor-like body, backhoes are excellent for digging and earth-moving while they can perform various other operations and work in limited spaces.

They can go where excavators can’t and they can place pipes and other similar construction equipment and materials, dig trenches and holes, backfill excavations and move dirt and debris. Since they are wheel-driven rather than tracks, they also fit perfectly in urban areas.

Bulldozers

The most reliable and the strongest of all heavy machines in the construction industry are bulldozers. It’s an extremely powerful machine, mostly used to move dirt and push piles of earth. Their most common use is fine or rough grading and crushing large boulders.

You simply can’t have a construction site without this machine as it can be used for many operations that make any project much easier.

Skid-steer loaders

Since technology evolves every day, heavy construction equipment and machines evolve with it. One of those modern machines is a skid-steer loader. Perhaps the most versatile of all construction machines, these machines are nimble and small and they have the ability to turn around their footprint. This alone makes them perfect for working in finalized construction areas as well as confined spaces.

They come in different sizes, but what really makes them unique is the fact that they can be outfitted with various attachments in order to perform all sorts of tasks like jack-hammering, snow blowing, log grappling, compacting, drilling, digging and so on.

Since they are wheel driven, they are simply ideal for driving in finished areas as the wheels pose a minimal threat to soil and finish compaction.

Motor Graders

Since moving dirt and fine grading are the necessary part of any construction process, heavy machines are needed for such a task and that’s where motor graders come into play. With an adjustable long blade, motor graders are perfect at creating flat surfaces.

On top of all that, their blades can be adjusted to any angle for even finer grading which makes them a necessary part of any heavy construction equipment. If there’s a need, motor graders can be easily fitted with a second blade. Therefore, these heavy machines are also used for underground mining purposes.

Their most common use is for graveling roads and fine-grading dirt although they can be used for other similar purposes such as preparing the road base course before the asphalting. They can be also used for creating drainage ditches and other similar sloped surfaces.

All in all, these are the most basic heavy machines that any construction site simply can’t do without as these machines make the entire construction process much easier.