A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, an attachment including a boom attached to the upper turning body, an arm attached to an end of the boom, and an end attachment attached to an end of the arm, wherein a motion of the arm or the end attachment is corrected according to a stability of a body of the shovel.

An excavation attachment device includes a pair of elongated malleable members that are positioned between a rigid top plate and a rigid bottom plate. Each of the malleable members being constructed from rubber and include a forward edge that extends outward beyond the forward edges of the top and bottom plates. A gap is provided between the malleable members for receiving the forks of an excavator bucket. A mounting bracket is positioned along the back edge of the top plate and includes a first set of openings for receiving connectors to selectively engage the bottom wall of an excavator bucket. The mounting bracket also including a pair of protrusions along each end having a second set of openings for receiving connectors to selectively engage the side walls of the excavator bucket.

A working machine including front and rear wheels or a pair of endless tracks supporting a body. A first working arm with a first implement mount is connected to the body. An apparatus with a collector having a first opening and a sweeper trailing the collector is mounted to the first implement mount. A second implement mount connected to the body, and a milling device is mounted to the second implement mount. The sweeper is configured and arranged to move surface material broken up by the milling device into the collector via the first opening.

Construction equipment is provided that can include: a transport assembly operably supporting a platform, the platform having a leading edge opposing a rearward edge, the leading edge associated with a first direction of the transport assembly, and the rearward edge associated with a second direction of the transportation assembly; an operator cab above the platform and aligned closer to the leading edge than the rearward edge; an engine above the platform and aligned closer to the rearward edge than the leading edge; and a boom pivotably attached above the platform closer to the rearward edge than the leading edge, the boom being movable between a first position fully extended and a second position fully raised. Utility line pole placement and/or removal construction methods are provided that can include extending an extension assembly having a banana boom from a transport assembly to couple with a utility line pole.

Attachments for excavators and the like for improved gripping, handling, and processing of materials and debris are provided having one or more work surfaces to provide enhanced material handling characteristics.

A hydraulic power shovel includes a frame, a power cylinder, a hydraulic installation, and a control unit. The frame is configured to support a turret equipped with an arm terminated by a tool, such as a bucket having a tamping surface. The power cylinder is linked to the arm and is configured to press on the turret. The hydraulic installation includes an adjustable flow pump configured to supply the power cylinder via a slide valve and a hydraulic liquid tank. The control unit is linked to (i) a control member actuated by the operator and configured to generate a control signal, and (ii) a sensor configured to generate a sensor signal corresponding to a pressure and temperature of hydraulic liquid in the power cylinder. A vapour pressure diagram of the hydraulic liquid is available in the control unit.

A shovel includes processing circuitry configured to predict the motion of the shovel and, in response to predicting that the shovel next performs a predetermined motion, issue an alert indicating that the predetermined motion is to be performed to an area surrounding the shovel before the start of the predetermined motion.

A bucket claw system and method of use wherein the bucket claw system comprises a bucket, either wedge shaped or flat bottomed, that is attached to a piece of heavy equipment such as a loader or skid-steer, wherein the bucket further comprises a plurality of teeth on the outside of the bucket, on the back portion of the bucket, in the area of the transition from the bottom portion of the bucket and the back portion. The bucket claw system can be used by rotating the front edge of the bucket up, exposing the plurality of teeth to the ground, and then moving the plurality of teeth along the ground in order to clear an area of scrap limbs, brush, vines, grass, roots, and undergrowth.

Construction equipment is provided that can include: a transport assembly operably supporting a platform, the platform having a leading edge opposing a rearward edge, the leading edge associated with a first direction of the transport assembly, and the rearward edge associated with a second direction of the transportation assembly; an operator cab above the platform and aligned closer to the leading edge than the rearward edge; an engine above the platform and aligned closer to the rearward edge than the leading edge; and a boom pivotably attached above the platform closer to the rearward edge than the leading edge, the boom being movable between a first position fully extended and a second position fully raised. Utility line pole placement and/or removal construction methods are provided that can include extending an extension assembly having a banana boom from a transport assembly to couple with a utility line pole.

Techniques for implementing a pipe transport system. The pipe transport system includes a tow vehicle that moves a pipe trailer on which a pipe segment is loaded, in which the pipe segment includes tubing that defines a pipe bore and a fluid conduit implemented in an annulus of the tubing, and the tow vehicle includes a ripper assembly having a ripper shank. Additionally, the pipe transport system includes a hitch assembly to be secured to the ripper shank of the tow vehicle to enable the tow vehicle to be coupled to a trailer coupler of a tongue assembly implemented on the pipe trailer.