lered one of the useful

Is
C earti up to a shalle
can dig earth-movi ns
nf wher
hickness,ere depth, haul and equprme pa
carth and
required.
the The main dischstge d
vation of ot advantage of
ecav
thickness
rather spreading suraet s

sttch
becontrolled precisely. However the extavated eaet
i t îmaterial scrapers are et taile s

excas
Used
ssced primanly to excavate earth
is primarily of
shovel
all classes except rock
r shovels may be mountea on crawler tracks and so thev areand o twds
sae s

speeds. Fig, 8.5 shows the operation and basic parts of a power dhoe
at low
h mountin cab, boom, dipper stick, dipper and hoist line
dnde
the
JA earh
factively operate to excavate Irom a lower level where it stands Ar
can excavate even
stiff earth, the boom of the
dtDWards, the cutting edge
excavated material can be dumped
into the wagon.
Swing and the

DIPPER
STICK HOIST LINE
BOOM
CAB