A bulldozer is a piece of heavy equipment that runs on diesel fuel and is found on most

construction sites. A bulldozer is characterized by a large flat blade on the front that can
be moved and lifted with hydraulic arms, and by the tracks that it runs on. Because it runs
on tracks rather than wheels, a bulldozer has tremendous traction against the ground.

Bulldozers are used for shallow digging and ditching; short-range transportation of material;
spreading soil dumped from trucks; rough grading; removing trees, stumps, and boulders; and
cleaning and leveling around loading equipment. A bulldozer alone can do many types of
excavation, and it is useful in combination with other machinery in most excavation work.

Purpose of a bull dozer

The word bulldozer is normally inferred to indicate heavy equipment, like a loader or an excavator, but specifically it
signifies a tractor fitted with a blade. A bulldozer is a tracked tractor that has an integral metal blade used to drive a
significant magnitude of soil, sand, debris, etc., generated during construction. Generally, bulldozers are huge and
robust tracked equipment. The tracks provide exceptional ground grip, and mobility in patchy terrain. The bulldozer
weight is distributed by the wide tracks over vast area. Thus, the pressure applied is decreased, and the bulldozer is
prevented from plunging in sandy ground. Bulldozers have a torque divider that is designed to transform the engine
power into enhanced dragging capability. The bulldozers can tow heavy tanks with ease. Due to these
characteristics, bulldozers are employed to remove debris, obstacles, clear roads, bushes, and trees. Bulldozers can
also be used to dig trenches, farming works, and even military operations

Earthmoving
o The most common use for a bulldozer is moving large amounts of earth and soil. The
bulldozer can push piles of material in front of it using its blade, which saves workers the
trouble of using a backhoe to lift everything and put it down somewhere else. Bulldozers are
sometimes used in conjunction with backhoes and other digging machines. The backhoe
lifts material out of an excavation and sets it on the ground, and the bulldozer pushes it
away to another location.

Roadbuilding
o Bulldozers are a primary tool used in the building of roads. When a road is built, the topsoil
needs to be removed because it is full of moisture and organic material, and the road will be
unstable if it is built on top of the topsoil. A bulldozer pushes away the topsoil, creating an
opening for the road that can then be filled with gravel and clean fill. Bulldozers are also
used to smooth the fill that is used to build the road.

Construction
Bulldozers can be used for many different purposes in the process of construction. Large
construction projects require extensive preliminary site work, and much of this is done by
bulldozers. Bulldozers can strip off surface vegetation in preparation for the digging of
foundation holes, and can move materials such as gravel, fill and topsoil from place to place.
Bulldozers can also push waste, brush and other materials into one location for burning or
disposal.
 Demolition
The act of destroying and removing old and derelict properties usually involves the use of a
bulldozer. A large bulldozer can knock a house over, saving the trouble of having to
deconstruct it piece by piece. Bulldozers that are used in this kind of work are equipped with
a sturdy cab over the driver's seat to prevent injury. Once a bulldozer has knocked down an
old structure, the bulldozer can then be used to push all of the debris into a single pile and
clean up the surrounding area.

SHOVELS
A shovel is a tool for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials, such
as soil, coal, gravel, snow, sand, or ore. Shovels are extremely common tools that are used
extensively in agriculture, construction, and gardening

Shovels are auxiliary tools used to ease the process of

collecting dirt,sand, gravel, clay and snow. Shovels are only necessary to
collectsnowballs from snow; all other blocks for which shovels are useful can be successfully
harvested by hand

Most shovels are hand tools consisting of a broad blade fixed to a medium-length handle. Shovel
blades are usually made of sheet steelor hard plastics and are very strong. Shovel handles are
usually made of wood (especially specific varieties such as ash or maple) orglass-reinforced
plastic (fibreglass).

Hand shovel blades made of sheet steel usually have a folded seam or hem at the back to make
a socket for the handle. This fold also commonly provides extra rigidity to the blade. The handles
are usually riveted in place. A T-piece is commonly fitted to the end of the handle to aid grip and
control where the shovel is designed for moving soil and heavy materials. These designs can all
be easily mass-produced.

The term shovel is also applied to larger excavating machines called power shovels, which are
designed for the same purpose, namely, digging, lifting, and moving material. Modern power
shovels are the descendants of steam shovels. Loaders and excavators (such as backhoes)
perform very similar work, etically speaking, but they are not classified as shovels emically

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Typically has a wide, flat blade with steeply turned sides, a

flat face and a short D-shaped handle. Over the years,
coal shovel
various sizes for different kinds or grades of coal have
sometimes been used.

Often has a very wide sideless blade that curves upward

attached to a long handle. A variety of styles are available.
Some are designed mostly for pushing the snow, others
snow shovel
for lifting it. The blade can be metal or plastic, but the latter
is used to offer a lighter tool. Some have one or more
wheels.
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snow large and deep hopper-like implement fitted with a wide

scoop or sleigh handle and designed to scoop up a load of snow and slide
shovel it on any slippery surface to another location without lifting.

snow pusher

Has a wide aluminium or plastic blade that is attached to a

grain shovel short hardwood handle with "D" top. This shovel has been
barn shovel designed to offer a lighter tool that does not damage the
grain. Early models were made from timber.

A long handle with a small, oval, cupped, inclined blade at

spoon shovel the end, used in excavating deep, narrow holes. Its name
comes from its resemblance to a spoon.

A trowel in general is a small, single-hand implement for

digging, scooping, spreading, or otherwise manipulating
dirt or other bulk materials (such as mortar).
gardening trowel In gardening and horticulture, they are useful in planting
and potting for digging holes and breaking up clumps of
soil. Gardening trowels typically have strong, narrow
blades with sharp points. They are a [small] type of spade.
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A specialized prying tool which evolved from the use

roofing shovel of spading forks and pitchforks to remove old roof
shingles and underlayment as part of roof repair.

A general category of shovels tailored to digging hard

ground that must be broken with substantial force before it
can be moved. Most spades have sharp or nearly sharp
edges, often shaped as triangular points. (The
typographical spade symbol, , is a stylized icon derived
from this idea.) Some spades lack triangular points but are
fairly narrow. They are tailored to lawn cutting and
to transplanting of bushes and small trees. In fact, their
spade modern mechanized equivalent is also called a tree spade.

Some usage prescriptions prescribe that the words

"spade" and "shovel" should be held in contradistinction
(piercing and digging [spade] versus scooping and moving
[shovel]). Natural language does not widely follow these
prescriptions; it more often treats "spade" and "scoop" as
contradistinguished subsets under "shovel".

square shovel

Square shovel seen from edge-on showing blade set at an angle

A general category of shovel that includes many types with

a generally square outline (rather than being pointed like
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many spades are). But there is no rigorous, always-

enforced distinction between square shovels and spades.

A general category of shovel that includes many types with

a generally dished or cupped shape, and typically a fairly
scoop square edge, tailored to scooping up dirt or other materials
that are already fairly loose and do not need the
groundbreaking force of a spade's point.

shovel
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One of the fire irons used in a fireplace. It is used to tend
shovel (see
to the ashes.
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Common plaything on sandy beaches, in sandboxes, or in

toy shovel
yards, gardens, lawns, and fields.

trenching shovel
Generally a long thin blade with pronounced upturned side
trenching spade
flanges. Used for digging trenches.
drain spade
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A smaller and sometimes collapsible shovel for creating

entrenching tool
and maintaining defensive fighting positions.

Types of Shovels

Spade Shovel- A spade is perhaps the most common types of this garden tool. A spade has
triangular points and is specifically designed to dig hard ground that needs a good amount of force.
These spade shovels are used to turf cutting and to transplant bushes and small trees.

Scoop- It has a dished or cupped shape with a square edge able to scoop up dirt or other loose
materials. However, they can not be used where force is needed such as for digging ground.

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Snow Shovel- These have wide blades that generally do not have ridges and that curve upward to
help lift snow. However, other snow shovels have blades with sides too that are used for digging and
pushing snow.

Trenching Shovel- The drain or trench shovels have long thin blades with typically pronounced
upturned side flanges. Due t o their snout, they cut deeply into the soil making the work more easier
and efficient. Trench spades are used for digging trenches.
The above types of shovels are all categorized on the basis of their uses. However, the most basic
difference in shovel types is based on their shapes- round and square. Apart from this, the handles
the T-handle or D-handle are also a criteria to differentiate among them. In fact, there are three
major criteria on which the types of shovels can be described- their construction; point description-
round or square; and handle types. To know more in detail about these criteria for dividing the types
of shovels

Shovels in the Animal Crossing series are used to bury and dig. They are also essential for filling
the museum, as fossils can be dug up this way via cracks in the ground. The shovels also have a
secondary use for digging up tree stumps left over from cutting trees with the axes and alternatively in
bug hunting, where Mole Crickets can only be found by being dug up from their spots and
both Pillbugs and Centipedes have to be knocked out of rocks. Unlike the Axe, hitting a tree with a shovel
only makes the branches shake slightly and will not disturb insects such as Bees, Bagworms or Spiders.