Heavy Equipment Operations – Trade Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Boom – Boom type with a “knuckle” at pivot point.
  2. 7. Carriage – Upper frame with cab, engine, controls, and counterweight.
  3. 8. – Flat plate supporting a structure; base of turntable.
  4. 10. – Lower frame with tracks or wheels.
  5. 11. – Main lifting arm of an excavator.
  6. 13. – Component made of boom, stick, and bucket; digs by pulling.
  7. 15. – Natural or artificial incline.
  8. 16. Force – Amount of digging force the bucket can exert.
  9. 17. – Part of the digging component between boom and bucket.
Down
  1. 1. – Slope between the road shoulder and ditch flow line.
  2. 2. Breaker – Attachment used to break boulders or concrete.
  3. 4. Structure – Turntable, swing mechanism, counterweight, boom, and cab
  4. 5. – Dead weight used to balance heavy equipment.
  5. 6. – Attachment with hooks used to grab solid material.
  6. 9. – Destruction of a structure.
  7. 12. – Control mechanism for boom, stick, bucket, and rotation.
  8. 14. Boom – Telescoping-boom excavator.