| Excavators are usually very large vehicles used | | | | they will slide a control upward, to spin the houses |
| predominantly within the construction industry and | | | | they use a circular hand control. Some of the diggers |
| are utilized to transport, dig and move large of | | | | can even spin a full circle and these are named 360 |
| weighty objects. Although they are not limited to | | | | excavators. They are designed for use where ground |
| only using a bucket for digging as the attachments | | | | movement may not be as much of a possibility so |
| can be replaced with various tools such as power | | | | with it having such all round capabilities, can still be |
| drivers, sharpening tools and others, which turn them | | | | used and do the job properly. |
| into forklifts; their uses are almost endless | | | | Diggers and excavators, depending on their type and |
| The driver sits within the house section, usually | | | | size, can be used for hundreds of different |
| surrounded by protective high strength windows and | | | | applications, from digging, to mining, to moving heavy |
| a metallic roof. It is from within this compartment | | | | objects, transporting wide loads, as forklifts for |
| that he can manipulate exactly what the 360 | | | | pallets, river dredging and even demolition with a |
| excavator does, where it moves, how fast it travels | | | | different attachment on the end of the boom. They |
| and how high it reaches. Diggers like this usually have | | | | are extremely versatile machines and can have |
| an extendable boom, which can reach great heights, | | | | bucket attachments, spike attachments for tarmac |
| which is especially useful on a building site or rocky | | | | breaking, double spikes for carrying crates or pallets |
| terrain. This strong machinery sits on tracks the | | | | or balls for demolition purposes. This is all done with |
| majority of the time, much in the way that a tank | | | | the same main 360 excavator and different parts |
| does, but some are kitted up with large treaded | | | | added onto it. |
| wheels. Depending on the surface for which they are | | | | All diggers generally come in a range of types. Micro |
| required to be used comes the decision of which | | | | diggers are predominantly used for smaller tasks such |
| stabilizers that it should use. Tracked excavators are | | | | a home extension building, removing waste and |
| particularly useful for travelling across flat ground | | | | landscaping gardens. Larger machinery can weigh |
| very quickly whereas larger wheels can help it to | | | | over 10 tonnes very easily and is more likely to cope |
| climb up and down rough surfaces without it tipping | | | | with mass building projects and hauling anything up to |
| or slipping, casing potential harm to the operator. | | | | half its body weight in tarmac, wood or bricks used in |
| The boom is controlled from within the driver's | | | | the trade. Some of the larger models can boast a |
| cockpit and they simulate with their thumb controls | | | | power output of over 3000bhp, which is the amount |
| what they wish for it to do. To extend the boom | | | | of 30 average family cars. |