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Yellow goods are material for construction and earth-moving equipment, quarrying equipment, and fork-lift trucks. The term is also used to encompass agricultural equipment, such as tractors. The term "yellow goods" originated from the distinctive yellow colour commonly used on these types of machinery.


Construction and earth-moving equipment

These yellow goods machines include
excavators Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression fro ...
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bulldozers A bulldozer or dozer (also called a crawler) is a large, motorized machine equipped with a metal #Blade, blade to the front for pushing material: soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock during construction work. It travels most commonly on continuous ...
, backhoes, loaders, and dump trucks. They are used in construction projects and designed to handle heavy loads, operate in rugged terrain, and perform tasks like digging, grading, and hauling. They are manufactured by
Case Case or CASE may refer to: Containers * Case (goods), a package of related merchandise * Cartridge case or casing, a firearm cartridge component * Bookcase, a piece of furniture used to store books * Briefcase or attaché case, a narrow box to c ...
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Caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
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Fiat Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (, , ; originally FIAT, it, Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino, lit=Italian Automobiles Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer, formerly part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and since 2021 a subsidiary ...
, Komatsu, Liebherr, Shantui.


Quarrying equipment

Quarrying equipment is designed for use in the quarrying industry, which involves the extraction of minerals and other materials from the earth. Common types of quarrying yellow goods include rock drills and stone crushers. These machines are used to extract materials like
limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
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granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...
, and sand.


Fork-lift trucks

Fork-lift trucks are also considered yellow goods. They are mostly used in warehousing and manufacturing. They are designed to lift and move heavy loads and are used for material handling and logistics operations. They are manufactured by
Toyota is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
, Kion,
Jungheinrich Jungheinrich AG is a German company active in the material handling equipment, warehousing and material flow engineering sectors. In these segments, the company is ranked in second place in Europe, and third in the world. History Friedrich Ju ...
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Mitsubishi Logisnext Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks is the brand name used for a range of materials handling products manufactured and distributed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and several of its Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklifts subsidiaries: MCFE Mitsubishi Caterp ...
, Crown Equipment, Hyster-Yale, Anhui Heli, Clark Material Handling, Komatsu, Lonking,
Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI; ) is the world's largest shipbuilding company and a major heavy equipment manufacturer. Its headquarters are in Ulsan, South Korea. History HHI was founded in 1972 by Chung Ju-yung as a division of the ...
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Agricultural equipment

Agricultural yellow goods, such as tractors are used in the cultivation and harvesting of crops in the farming industry. They are designed to handle a variety of tasks, from tilling and planting to harvesting and transporting.


See also

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White goods A major appliance, also known as a large domestic appliance or large electric appliance or simply a large appliance, large domestic, or large electric, is a non-portable or semi-portable machine used for routine housekeeping tasks such as cookin ...
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Brown goods Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes. Consumer electronics include devices used for entertainment, communications and recreation. Usually ...


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