Know what each machine on-site is designed to do. Understand its strengths and weaknesses. If you don’t have the right gear, hire in what is needed.
- Bulldozers are designed to:
- Push
- Level
- Move material short to medium distances
- Excavators are designed to:
- Dig precisely
- Place material accurately
- Move material short distances
- Graders are designed to:
- Spread
- Level
- Shape
- Do the final cut
- Rollers are designed to:
- Compact
- Seal, depending on their type