backhoeing
Scooping earth out
Backhoeing is digging or excavating with a backhoe—a piece of heavy equipment with a bucket on an articulated arm, used for trenching, foundation work, and moving earth.
The term covers both professional excavation and the characteristic motion of the machine scooping toward itself: They spent the morning backhoeing a trench for the new sewer line.
Ground matter for planting
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
filling · topsoil · subsoil · loading · dumping · stockpiling · spoil · backfilling
Excavating long narrow cuts
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- pipelayingInstalling tubes underground
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- excavationAct of unearthing
contractor · infrastructure · development · footings · drainage · demolition · building · engineering
Long narrow excavation
- bucketOpen-top carrying vessel
- scoopFirst-reported story
- holeAbsence in matter
- ditchShallow excavated channel
pit · furrow · channel · cutting · depth · cavity · trough · slot
Study of pressurized liquids
- loaderOne who fills containers
- bucketOpen-top carrying vessel
- JCBBritish digger brand
- CaterpillarConstruction equipment manufacturer
boom · stick · cab · diesel · articulated · operator · controls · attachment
soil
Ground matter for planting
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
trenching · filling · topsoil · subsoil · loading · dumping · stockpiling · spoil · backfilling · dirt
trenching
Excavating long narrow cuts
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- pipelayingInstalling tubes underground
- gradingAssigning marks to work
excavation · contractor · infrastructure · development · footings · drainage · demolition · building · engineering · surveying
trench
Long narrow excavation
ditch · pit · furrow · channel · cutting · depth · cavity · trough · slot · groove
hydraulics
Study of pressurized liquids
Caterpillar · boom · stick · cab · diesel · articulated · operator · controls · attachment · tracks