A skid loader, skid-steer loader, SSL, or skidsteer is any of a class of compact heavy equipment with lift arms that can attach to a wide variety of buckets and other labor-saving tools or attachments.
Bobcat S650 skid steer loader
Skid loader clearing snow with snowblower attachment in Minneapolis, MN
Trencher attachment
US Navy skid steer with wheel saw attachment
Heavy equipment, heavy machinery, earthmovers, construction vehicles, or construction equipment, refers to heavy-duty vehicles specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations or other large construction tasks. Heavy equipment usually comprises five equipment systems: the implement, traction, structure, power train, and control/information.
Heavy equipment vehicles of various types parked near a highway construction site
Wheel Loaders and other industrial trucks parked
horse-drawn Fresno scraper digging water-supply ditch
A portable engine; a precursor to modern engineering vehicles