Excavators provide an ideal platform for working on slopes when they are properly equipped and run by skilled operators. But this type of work requires a greater attention to detail than working on ...

Scott Hagemann, Caterpillar application specialist for machine control and guidance, believes contractors should no more use excavators without GPS grade control on a site where dozers or graders are ...

“We’re seeing a growing preference for smaller equipment, as well as more and more mini excavators working near utility lines,” said Trin Ruiz, SPM at CM Labs, in a statement. “We wanted to develop a ...

A heavy equipment operator uses a remote control to maneuver an excavator while working at the site of the Regent’s Slide on Highway 1. The innovative technology can both improve productivity and ...

Thirty of the UAE’s top excavator operators battled to outmanoeuver one another in their earthmovers to win the Komatsu Excavator Operator Contest 2017 in Abu Dhabi, organised by Komatsu’s exclusive ...

The R 978 SME crawler excavator, developed and manufactured by Liebherr France SAS in Colmar, France, has quickly proven its ...

effectively to a student training on a Cat Simulators system. The U.S. Bureau of Labor projects more than 50,800 new heavy equipment operator positions will be added to the U.S. workforce every year ...

National's candidate for Ōtaki Tim Costley at the controls of a digger at the Tara Ika development near Levin. Anyone who knows how to dunk a basketball using an excavator’s bucket or pour a cup of ...

An Oculus Rift VR headset and a 4G network in Spain let CNET's Roger Cheng control earth-moving heavy equipment in Sweden. Roger Cheng Former Executive Editor / Head of News Roger Cheng (he/him/his) ...

L-R Branch Chair Dave Philipson, Judge Mike Smith, Corey Olson, Hohepa Whare, Jamie Nicholas and competition organiser Daniel Renshaw / Supplied The three top excavator operators from across the ...