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Big iron construction equipment/machines: earth movers excavate, push, pile, load, grade, roll, compact, haul, dump, scrape, trench, fill
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Earthmoving construction: Caterpillar 350 crawler mounted hydraulic backhoe loading soil onto Peterbilt tandem rear dumping trucks that haul off site. Dixboro Bridge, Ann Arbor, 2004.
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Earthmoving construction: Caterpillar 350 crawler mounted hydraulic backhoe loading soil onto Peterbilt tandem rear dumping trucks that haul off site. Dixboro Bridge, Ann Arbor, 2004.

  • Earth moving construction: Caterpillar D4C track mounted tractor bull dozer excavates earth for underground construction alongside parkway. Earth is dozed to this end of trench, where a backhoe loads it into dump trucks to haul away. Huron Parkway at Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan August 2005
  • Earth moving construction trucks: Peterbilt tandem rear end dump trucks deliver soil to build up South side ramps for Dixboro Bridge. Concrete bridge piers are mid right, and background is the North side of the Huron River. Ann Arbor, MI, 2002.
  • Soil, earth construction: Caterpillar D4G LP dozer spreads soil in bottom of excavation. Caterpillar 345BL hydraulic excavator excavates soil from same excavation. Apparently, the bucket of the excavator has been lowered to rooof of dozer, to consternation of dozer operator. East Ann Arbor Clinic, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2005
  • Earthmoving construction: Caterpillar 350 crawler mounted hydraulic backhoe loading soil onto Peterbilt tandem rear dumping trucks that haul off site. Dixboro Bridge, Ann Arbor, 2004.
  • Caterpillar D6M 140 horsepower, 15.5 ton crawler tractor construction bulldozer. Broadway Bridge construction, Ann Arbor, 2003.
  • Earthmoving construction: Caterpillar 924G articulated wheel loader moves gravel from stack to base for new road and consolidates gravel pile. Articulated steering is provided by hinging/jointing between cab and front wheels, which provides tight loading and turning radius. The turbocharged diesel engine drives the loader at up to 24 mpg forward and 13.4 mpg backwards. Michigan 2006.
  • Earth Construction: Caterpillar D8R (front) and D4C bulldozers move soil together. North Campus construction, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2004.
  • Caterpillar 2447 motor grader grading gravel for pavement base construction. Depot Street, Ann Arbor, 2004.
  • Earth construction: Peterbilt diesel tractor pulls tandem rear dump trailers on graded site. Hyndai Automotive Tech Center, Geddes & Leforge roads, just east of Ann Arbor, 2004.
  • Site construction: Ingersoll Rand SD-100 single drum vibratory soil/ asphalt compactor/ roller. Huron Village Shopping Center, Ann Arbor, 2002.
  • Earth moving construction: Bobcat 863 skid-steer tractor with stone separating blade/bucket lifts and sifts soil to extract and separate stones. Dixboro Bridge, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004.
  • Earthmoving construction, rough grading: Caterpillar 924G wheel based front end loader moves earth to a closeby area. Caterpillar 4C bulldozer pushes earth grades earth. Champion single drum vibratory roller with padfoot surface waits to compact earth when rough grade is met. Ontario, Canada 2005
  • Soil construction, earth moving: Caterpillar D5M 110 hp track mounted bull dozer backs up using backside of dozer blade to position the soil for front end loader to pick it up and deliver it to another part of project. Huron Parkway, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2005.
  • Earthmoving construction: Mack dump truck, pulling a low-boy equipment trailer. Pepperrel, Massachusetts, 2005.
  • Earthmoving construction: Operating Engineer operates Caterpillar 350 crawler mounted hydraulic backhoe loading soil onto tandem rear dumping trucks. Dixboro Bridge, Ann Arbor, 2004.
  • Earthmoving, road construction: John Deere 670CH motor grader rough grades soil base in preparation for soil compacting roller. South approach from Huron River Drive onto Dixboro Bridge over Huron River. Ann Arbor, Michigan 2005.
  • Earthmoving, embankment, shore construction: Deere 450J LGP bull dozer, 74 hp, 17,525 lb, moves/rough grades sand of Pensacola Bay/Gulf of Mexico embankment to be loaded on trucks by backhoe for transport away from site. Pensacola, Florida June 2006.
  • Soil, earthmoving construction: Volvo A25C 6x6 articulated off-road rear-dump hauler carries full load of soil. Articulation provides a powered vertical hinge between tractor and trailer for tight turns. It weighs 18 tons and carries 22.5 ton payload. East Ann Arbor Health Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2005.
  • Landscape/earthmoving construction: New Holland LS 180 wheeled skid steer tractor with shovel picks up soil dug out by workers digging shallow trench. Washtenaw County Farm Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan June 2006.
  • Earthmoving construction: Kobelco 907 LC-II crawler mounted, hydraulic backhoe excavator excavates bucket of earth to load International 7500 HT530 rear dump truck to haul earth away. Huron Parkway at Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan August 2005.
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