Bill D, nothi g to do with cigars-I suspect it is equipment to assist in compacting soil, sand, gravel, or concrete using vibration. Musket could fill you in more detail.

As a teenager, I worked in construction on summer break. It was a tradition to send the "green new guy" off on wild goose chases for non existing construction equipment. An engineer asked me to get the "vibrator" .Thinking I was being set up, I just ignored it. When I mentioned it to a co-worker, I found out it was an actual piece of equipment, and luckily, that saved me from getting in the bad books with a boss.