Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Digging in the dirt is tough business. An excavator will speed up ...

As fun as operating heavy machinery looks, complex machines like excavators require a trained and skilled operator to get a job done quickly and safely. But as the pool of trained operators continues ...

In a parking lot at an industrial and office park just outside Baltimore, I took an excavator for a spin. I pushed around some cinder blocks with a leveling blade, nosed them around with the excavator ...

Caltrans has a pair of big, new remote-control tools in its road-repair kit, and they’re being used for the first time as the agency works to clear a stubborn landslide that closed Highway 1 near Big ...