Shovelling snow involves strenuous effort. An average shovel load of snow weighs 5 kg and one every 5 seconds means you will ...

True, the cold season’s competitive-sports options for big-boned fellows with a fondness for hops is limited. No shinnying into a skin suit and bashing slalom gates for this crew. But thankfully, ...

Marion Steam Shovel introduced the 4160 4-yard mine and quarry loading shovel in 1927. It was the first crawler mounted, fully revolving shovel designed specifically for this type of work; until this ...

JCB might be the dominant force in the loading shovel market, but New Holland is intent on muscling in. We get the lowdown on the W170D loading shovel run by Yorkshire business Starfitts Farms. See ...

Shovels are designed for digging, scooping, pushing, and tossing, though not every shovel is equally suited to each of these tasks. For instance, a snow shovel isn’t the best option to dig up a flower ...

Bucyrus-Erie 120-B removes overburden for coal for contractor A.E. Dick Construction in Pennsylvania In the 1920s, quarries and hard-rock mines were expanding their use of shovels to load haulage ...

JCB is celebrating its milestone 50th year of manufacturing wheeled loading shovels. The manufacturer entered the wheeled loader market in 1969 after acquiring United Kingdom-based company Chaseside ...

Kubota has refreshed its two smallest articulated wheeled loaders – R070 and R090 – by giving them a thorough redesign, a fully enclosed cab and new control layout. Details are thin on the ground at ...

Big, tough and powerful are the best words to describe the enormous mining equipment that roams the Canadian oil sands like prehistoric beasts. Here in the wilds of northern Alberta, the oil-rich ...