earth-moving equipment
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equipment
noun[U]
uk/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/us/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/
the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a ...
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(Definition ofequipmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Very large, fast-movingearth-movingequipmentis being used.
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Earth-movingequipment, and the men to operate it, are not limiting factors.
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We have vast industries producing such things as accounting machinery,earth-movingequipmentand heavy vehicles, and other new things which have come along since 1945.
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There is the printing industry, engineering, in particular, internal combustion engine manufacture,earth-movingequipmentand agricultural machinery.
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Massive bulldozers were provided, with hugeearth-movingequipment.
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Earth-movingequipmentis one example, and there are many others.
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These days, the most ghastlyearth-movingequipmentcan do enormous damage in a short time.
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The nature of the soil makes it impossible to useearth-movingequipmentto reduce the depth of overlay.
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The police said that they were lucky in that instance because the amount ofearth-movingequipmentthat now goes abroad is quite staggering.
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The available statistics do not show large-scaleearth-movingequipmentseparately.
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Next,earth-movingequipmentarrives to strip away the topsoil, which is quickly disposed of.
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We have been appalled at the prospect of the concentration ofearth-movingequipmentand of resources, when houses need to be built.
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Heavyearth-movingequipmentis made in my district.
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Perhaps it is not so widely known as it might be that many companies are engaged in supplying earth-movingequipment, office machinery, or machine tools, on a rental basis.
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Opencast coal is easily won by contractors using greatearth-movingequipment.
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It has been a great expense, but in the last 10 years the task has been greatly helped by the enormousearth-movingequipmentwhich has arrived.
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Surely in these days of greatearth-movingequipmentit is possible to move earth over the tanks, even if we cannot sink them into the ground, thus creating artificial hills.
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His system of control is also used in other applications apart from railways, such as on giantearth-movingequipment.
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Hydrostatic drive systems are used on excavators, lawn tractors, forklifts, winch drive systems, heavy lift equipment, agricultural machinery,earth-movingequipment, etc.
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