A newly built house or apartment may look to its owners like a tabula rasa waiting for them to decorate. But in fact, a great deal of work goes on before living quarters can be handed to their new owners. Most of that work is usually done by construction machinery and workers. For many decades, construction machinery has been successfully used by individuals and businesses in the development of roads and building facilities. Most construction machinery is currently made by the world's leading manufacturers of heavy equipment, who often also specialize in new, used, and rebuilt parts. Examples of construction machinery can include everything from loaders, excavators and trucks to cranes, skid steers, graders, scrapers and bulldozers. One of the smallest vehicles in construction machinery, the skid steer, is a long-time favorite of construction and landscaping sites. Compact, light, versatile and reliable, the skid steer is especially suited for construction jobs confined within narrow space limitations. Under such conditions, the skid steer is able to use its wide-tilting front bucket to scrape, dig, push, lift, load materials, and--of course--skid and steer with dexterity. The dozer, on the other hand, is the skid steer's extra-heavy and extremely powerful relative. With its front-mounted steel blade and big wheels--or crawlers --suited for the ruggedness of any terrain, the dozer can scrape, push, and level soil and other loose materials with ease at a building site. In response to different construction needs, the conventional parts of the dozer, the skid steer, and almost any construction machine may be replaced with a variety of specialized attachments. |
