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overhead shovel

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: overhead shovel
(′ō·vər′hed ′shəv·əl)

(mechanical engineering) A tractor which digs with a shovel at its front end, swings the shovel rearward overhead, and dumps the shovel at its rear end.


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A tractor having a shovel which digs at the front end and dumps its load at the rear end; often used in confined areas.


 
 

 

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