PowerMachines - It’s About Excavators

A new article is available in excavators101.com and the tittle is “How To Drive an Excavator“. The article describe three ways on learning how to operate an excavator. Below is an extract of the article.

In order to drive an excavator, a person has to know how to operate one. A person can sign up for training courses if this is available. During the training you are trained on how to operate and drive an actual excavator. There will be a trainer beside you and he will guide you through the whole process. The training course is . . . Read more on “How To Drive an Excavator”

A video from youtube.com on how to drive an excavator.

Then further to the article on The Different Uses of Excavators. Here is two videos of how versatile an excavator is. The first video shows the use of a second but bigger excavator to pull a “dead” smaller excavator. In the second video, an excavator is used to give a little “push” to a truck going up a steep slope.

First Video

Second Video

The RSS feed display in Excavators101.com is back online. There is some code mess up earlier. Well now it is displaying feed from this blog correctly.

A new article had just been added to the site excavators101.com , the article is The Different Uses of Excavators.

This article explores the versatility of the excavators in adapting to the many varied type of jobs. From excavating, demolition and mining. Once again drop by and have a read. New Article

The Different Uses of Excavators.

I came across a good resource on construction equipment and the site is known as Ritchiewiki.com. sounds like “Richie Rich” but not at all as the collection is very comprehensive with a large collection of articles on heavy equipment.

A little bit about this wiki site ( as extracted from the site)

RitchieWiki is a wiki website launched in 2008 and sponsored by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers to commemorate the Company’s 50th anniversary. RitchieWiki is a collaborative website that uses wiki technology for the sharing of information about heavy equipment. The free public website features more than 500 reference quality articles about equipment in the construction, agriculture, forestry, mining, and transportation industries. Anyone can read, add to or edit the information on RitchieWiki. The site is supplemented by a free specifications tool with equipment specifications information for more than 9,200 machines.

Here is the direct link to the heavy equipment category.

Category:Construction_Equipment

This is an excavator in action, excavating a one level basement. The temporary retaining wall is made up of sheet piles, which is installed by a second excavator ( the one on a higher level) as it is modified with a vibratory clamp to install sheet piles.

Here is photo taken.

The lower excavator is the one excavating. The basement is part of a hotel complex. As the basement is only one level, temporary sheetpiles walls are used without any bracing.