Excavating Tools List: With Images & Uses

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There are various types of soil excavation tools and machines utilized in construction. Excavation of soil is very important from a construction point of view and it should be performed by hand tools or types of machinery based on the area of the land or depth of excavation. During the process of excavation, the land is removed from tree roots, strums, organic impurities, etc. which should affect the foundation.

In the market majorly two types of excavating machines are available they are :

1. Hand Tool

2. Machinery Tool

1. Excavating Tools List

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a. Hand Tool

Names	Images	Uses

1. Spade		Used for digging straight-edged holes or trenches, slicing and lifting sod, and edging flower beds or lawns.

2. Shovel		Used to dig as well as to move loose.

3. Hoe		Used in gardening and horticulture to loosen soil and chop weeds.

4. Trowel		Used for digging small holes or removing weeds.

5. Rake		Used before excavating the top clear the leaves, and dust on the surface.

6. Pick Axe		Used for breaking up hard ground or rock.

7. Mattock		Used for digging, prying, and chopping.

8. Digging Bars		Used for breaking up clay, concrete, frozen ground, and other hard materials, moving or breaking up tree roots and obstacles, and making holes in the ground for fence posts.

b. Machinery Tools

Names	Images	Uses

9. Tracked Excavator		Used for digging, material handling, demolition, and open-pit mining.

10. Wheeled Excavator		Used for scrapyard work, road work, material handling, waste handling

11. Back Hoe Excavator		Used for light transportation of building material, construction, small demolitions, excavation, etc.

12. Bulldozer		Used for shallow digging and ditching.

13. Dragline Excavators		Used for road, port construction, pond, and canal dredging, and as pile driving rigs.

14. Trenchers		Used to dig trenches, especially for laying pipes or electrical cables, for installing drainage, or in preparation for trench warfare.