Editing Excavator (section)

==Usage==
[[File:House destroyed by an excavator 2 - Invermere, British Columbia.jpg|thumb|House demolition by an excavator in [[Invermere, British Columbia]]]]

Excavators are used in many ways:
* Digging of [[trench]]es, holes, [[foundation (architecture)|foundations]]
* Material handling<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Material Handling Excavators and Purpose-Built Material Handlers Get the Job Done |url=https://www.conexpoconagg.com/news/how-material-handling-excavators-and-purposebuilt |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=AEM Tradeshows - ConExpo Con/Agg |language=en}}</ref>
* Brush cutting with hydraulic saw, mower, and stump removal attachments
* Forestry work
* [[Forestry mulching]]
* [[Demolition]] with hydraulic claw, cutter and [[hydraulic breaker|breaker]] attachments
* [[Mining]], especially, but not only [[open-pit mining]]
* [[River]] [[dredging]]
* [[Hydro excavation]] to access fragile underground infrastructure using high pressure water
* Driving [[Deep foundation|piles]], in conjunction with a [[pile driver]]
* Drilling [[Caisson (engineering)|shafts]] for footings and [[rock blasting]], by use of an [[auger (drill)|auger]] or hydraulic drill attachment
* [[Snow removal]] with [[snowplow]] and [[snow blower]] attachments
* [[Aircraft recycling]]

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File:Old excavator.jpg|A cable-operated excavator under the Northwest (now [[Terex]]) name at the [[Pageant of Steam]] grounds
File:Liebherr 314 excavator.JPG|Liebherr 314 wheeled excavator
File:LinkBelt290X2Excavator.jpg|Link-Belt excavator trenching
File:Caterpillar5230.jpg|CAT 5230 in coal mining operation
FEMA - 28723 - Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 03-03-2007 in Alabama.jpg|Caterpillar 315C L Excavator cleaning up tornado debris
File:L&T Komatsu Excavator.jpg|An L&T Komatsu excavator seen in [[India]]
File:New Holland E215 03.jpg|A New Holland E215 in Hamburg, Germany
File:Caterpillar 350L excavator with pincher claw Louisville Kentucky USA March 2001 file a1c018.jpg|[[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] 350L excavator in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], USA, 2001. Note the hydraulic [[Thumb (backhoe)|thumb]].
File:Grävmaskin - Ystad-2021.jpg|A smaller excavator is digging for the laying of a [[broadband]] cable in central [[Ystad]] in 2021
File:Daewoo digger.jpg|[[Waterways Ireland]] [[Daewoo]] Solar 150LC-V '''crawler excavator''', used for [[canal]] maintenance
File:Crawler excavator.JPG|Crawler excavator
File:Crawler chassis.JPG|Crawler chassis
File:Excavator, SH200, Sumitomo.JPG|Excavator, SH200 Sumitomo, in storage/parking lot for 8-10 units in [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]] [[Japan]] in 2008
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