Earthmoving works for the improvement of rangelands

In recent years, the application and execution of earthmoving works are essential in all works and especially in management and improvement of rangelands. The reasons that dictated their utilization was not only for the increasing of work in rangelands (cultivation, improvement, harvesting) but also the need to reduce the total cost of each work. A machine that can be used in the various auxiliary earthmoving works in the improvement of rangelands is the wheeled articulated loader. This machine can be easily used in steep slopes, as usually happens in Greek condition, for the excavation of small earth volumes, for their transportation in small distances and for their grading. In this paper, the performance of the above machine was studied in the various works with the aim to extract conclusions for the proper application of loader in rangeland works in a way to achieve great work performance in a small time period with the least cost.