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Scott
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what type of equipment do you work on?
I know heavy equipment, but I mean like a skid-steer or like a bulldozer?
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Andrew Rydzewski
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Did you mention heavy equipment operator? Awesome. When I was in the US Army a long time ago, I served in an engineering unit and worked with a platoon of heavy equipment operators. They were a great team of hard working operators. We used the following equipment in my US Army engineering unit:
- Backhoes - very versatile for digging trenches, emplacements and removing tree stumps.
- Bulldozers - the good old D7F could clear the way for roads and airfields.
- Graders - once the bulldozer tears everything up, the grader smooths everything out.
- Skid-steers - need to unload a lot of pallets to build a bridge, skid-steer to the rescue.
By the way, I learned how to use the heavy equipment listed above, but I was also the equipment dispatcher. I was responsible to making sure operators were properly trained and licenses so they could use the equipment safely. Safety is very important. In addition to keeping YOU safe, I had to order fewer spare parts when untrained or unlicensed operators had bad experiences, like rollovers, repetitive motion industries and accidental site damage. Good luck. No matter where you operate heavy equipment, you will be in good company as you are creating a work of art with a giant machine.
- Backhoes - very versatile for digging trenches, emplacements and removing tree stumps.
- Bulldozers - the good old D7F could clear the way for roads and airfields.
- Graders - once the bulldozer tears everything up, the grader smooths everything out.
- Skid-steers - need to unload a lot of pallets to build a bridge, skid-steer to the rescue.
By the way, I learned how to use the heavy equipment listed above, but I was also the equipment dispatcher. I was responsible to making sure operators were properly trained and licenses so they could use the equipment safely. Safety is very important. In addition to keeping YOU safe, I had to order fewer spare parts when untrained or unlicensed operators had bad experiences, like rollovers, repetitive motion industries and accidental site damage. Good luck. No matter where you operate heavy equipment, you will be in good company as you are creating a work of art with a giant machine.
Loved reading this, thanks!
Scott