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Backhoe loader

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skid-steer loaderA skid loader, skid-steer loader, or skidsteer is any of a class of compact heavy equipment with lift arms that can attach to a wide variety of buckets and other labor-saving tools or attachments.
power shovelnoun(mining) A bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.
tractor unitnouna large road vehicle, usually consisting of a two or three-axled chassis, and fitted with a cab, engine and drivetrain, used for hauling semitrailers.
roadheaderA roadheader, also called a boom-type roadheader, road header machine, road header or just header machine, is a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a boom-mounted cutting head, a loading device usually involving a conveyor, and a crawler travelling track to move the entire machine forward into the rock face.
dragline excavatornounAny of several very large vehicles used for lifting, especially in the process of mining: basically an excavator which drags its bucket to fill it.
suction excavatorA suction excavator, or vacuum excavator, is a construction vehicle that removes heavy debris or other materials from a hole on land using vacuuming.
tractornoun(agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
gradernounOne who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
two-wheel tractornounA tractor with one axle, self-powered and self-propelled, which can pull and power various farm implements such as a trailer, cultivator or harrow, a plough, or various seeders and harvesters.
heavy equipmentnoun(construction, idiomatic) Any of a diverse class of large machines used in construction and mining for earthmoving tasks (e.g., digging, grading), logging, and other heavy-duty applications.
bulldozernounA tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
road rollernounA heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt in the construction of roads.
digging barnounA long metal bar with a pointed or wedge-shaped end, used for digging post holes, breaking or loosening hard materials, or as a lever for dislodging heavy objects.
pile drivernounA machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground as part of the construction of a foundation; usually by raising a weight and then dropping it on the beam.
excavator controlsExcavator controls specifies ways of how a human operator controls the digging components (i.e. swing, boom, stick, bucket) of a piece of heavy machinery, such as a backhoe or an excavator.
tail liftnounA mechanical device permanently fitted to the back of a vehicle, designed to facilitate the transfer of goods from ground level onto the vehicle.
tunnel boring machinenoun(engineering) A large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section.
bladenounThe (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
cranenounA mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
liftgatenoun(automotive) A closure at the rear of a vehicle, or rear door, that can be raised to access the back of a vehicle.

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