Intermediate Equipment Handbook
Intech Associates
CHART 1
INTERMEDIATE EQUIPMENT CATEGORIES
EXCAVATION /
LOADING
(eg JCB)Tractor -
excavator
Tractor -
backhoe
Tractor-scraper
Tractor-dam
scoop
Tractor-scarifier
Tractor - disc
plough
Tractor-tine
plough
Tractor - loader
Rock drill
HAULAGE
Tractor 4WD -
trailer
Tractor 2WD -
trailer
Tractor-scraper
Tractor-dam
scoop
Small tipper
truck
Small flatbed
truck
SRV / ITEAN
Dumper
Power tiller -
trailer
Animal cart
Hand cart
Wheelbarrow
SPREADING COMPACTION #
Tractor-towed
grader
Tractor -
tipping trailer
Tractor-scraper
Tractor-dam
scoop
Tractor-blade
Tractor - towed
vibro roller
Tractor - towed
steel DW roller
Tractor - towed
PTR
Ride-on vibro
roller
Pedestrian vibro
roller
Tractor-drag Vibrating plate
Tractor - bowser +
water pump
SOIL STABILISATION
Tractor - rotovator
Tractor - harrow
Tractor - bowser -
sprayer
Tractor-towed
grader
Power tiller
STRUCTURES
Mobile crusher
Concrete mixer
Concrete vibrator
Simple crane
Concrete dumper
Aerial ropeway
Hand operated
crusher
Culvert mould steel
Culvert mould
wooden
Re-usable culvert
formwork
Concrete paver
press
Fired clay brick
equipment
BITUMEN WORKS
Mobile Crusher
Towed bitumen
heater
Towed bitumen
distributor
Concrete mixer
Slurry box
Tailgate chipping
distributor
Hand operated chip
spreader
Bitumen hand
sprayer
ANCILLARY
EQUIPMENT
Compressor +
air tools
Tractor -
brush cutter
Tractor -
grass cutter
SUPERVISION
4WD Pick-up
2WD Pick-up
Motor cycle
Water pump
Bicycle
Chain saw
Towed fuel
bowser
DCP
Caravan
MERLIN
GPS
Levelling
equipment
Water pump
NOTES
# Consolidation can also be achieved using loaded vehicle tyres, however not usually to compaction Specification requirements
DCP = Dynamic Cone Penetrometer
DW = Deadweight
GPS = Geographic Positioning System
ITEAN = Small locally made truck or SRV: Small Rural Vehicle
MERLIN = Roughness measurement equipment
PTR = Pneumatic Tyred Roller
vibro = vibrating
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