Industrial equipment — skid-steer loaders, wheel loaders, excavators and backhoes — has become agriculture’s mechanical equivalent of a utility player. Planters, combines and sprayers are ...

A Bucyrus 14-B shovel perched on timbers digs a trench from the front with long-stick shovel.Photo: Bucyrus International A Bucyrus 30C steam shovel is shown with sewer shovel attachement.Photo: ...

Backhoe-loaders have been a time-honored tradition on construction sites for many years. But with the introduction of specialized equipment for digging and a greater diversity of attachments for ...

World of Training and the Dig BIG equipment show was held June 26-27 at Planet Underground in Manteno, Ill. Numerous equipment demonstrations were held, and 14 short courses were offered covering a ...

On this episode of Digging Deeper, ForConstructionPros’ Wayne Grayson is joined by Caterpillar Product Specialist Alan Pumklin to go in-depth on remote equipment operation. Alan and Wayne discuss the ...

Did you play with toy tractors and cranes when you were a kid? Construction equipment operators get to work with the real things and earn more money as they master each piece of equipment. But this ...

The sounds of heavy excavation equipment can be heard at the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site, coming after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded its most recent contract.

After gardening for decades, I have learned that what separates efficient work from drudgery is having the right tools for the job. The problem with many tools today is that they weren’t designed with ...

Stricter digging laws go into effect Thursday and state leaders are reminding excavators, contract locators, facility operators and property owners to call South Carolina 811 before digging to avoid ...

It is not every day a person gets the chance to operate heavy construction equipment just for fun — while also fighting cancer. Starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, the second annual Big Dig of Northern ...