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What is Heavy Equipment and what is it used for

By admin on Thursday, December 11th, 2008 | No Comments

What is classed as Heavy Equipment ? Well generally speaking equipment that normally falls into this category are the following types of equipment, forklifts, bulldozer, cranes, excavators, backhoe loaders,motor graders dump trucks etc. Also things like articulated trucks, wheel and track tractors and  scrapers are included under the heading of Heavy Equipment.  If you look [...]

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How do I find how to get in contact with heavy equipment unions in Amarillo Texas?

By admin on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 | 1 Comment

My son is in the service and he is in Japan right now. He has been operating cranes and other Heavy Equipment. He would like to know how to contact the union because he is interested in joining when he gets out of the service. We don’t really have unions in Texas (thank God!) If [...]

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Heavy Equipment repair- best machine to learn from?

By admin on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment

I really want to teach myself how to work on heavy construction equipment. Diesel engines, hydraulics etc. What is the best machine to start out on? A push mower because it is simple and you will learn the basics. These principles will apply to all engines. Then move on from there. I am not being [...]

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How do i join the IUOE union? I have the Heavy Equipment Operator course. What ways can i get in the union?

By admin on Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 | 2 Comments

Hi. Im in Nova Scotia Canada and wondering how do i get in the IUOE union? I don’t have much experience. What ways do people get in the union? Thanks professions abroad are certainly an exciting notion, but you have to be really vigilant of the legislative implications, if you don’t perform your research well, [...]

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How to become a heavy equipment operator?