It is used to grade the land, dig the basement or footers, used to install trusses, and used to finish of the grading and back filling. Machines save money and labor making them cost effective. There are a lot of pieces of equipment that you see sitting on job sites and I m going to explain what there used for. One of the first pieces of equipment on the site would be a bulldozer. Dozers are used to clear most small stumps and grade the lot to be suitable to start digging the foundation.
Dozers come in various sizes and are used for different applications.
The one in the picture is a mid-sized dozer used for most excavation. You can get dozers with different attachments to, like loaders and heavy-duty winches. After this is done, a trac-hoe is normally brought in. These are machines that have an arm that pivots in 3 different spots. They have buckets on them that are usually 4 feet wide or bigger.