New XE 4100 Excavators by Gradall Offer Weight, Cost Advantages for Governments

Gradall Industries is unveiling its new XE 4100 model excavator at ConExpo-Con/AGG 2026 — machines that are slightly lighter in weight without sacrificing popular performance capabilities and properly priced and free of tarrifs to fit easily into the budgets of states, counties, municipalities and even specialty contractors, according to Gradall.

The XE 4100 6 x 4 model was engineered to reduce costs while mirroring the popular productivity and versatility advantages of Gradall's popular XL 4100 Series I machines. With a similar 27-ft. boom reach and 20-ft. dig depth, combined with a telescoping boom that fully rotates 220 degrees, the XE 4100 handles grading, ditching, excavation, landscaping, vegetation control and even demolition of curbs, sidewalks and culverts — all without the need for outriggers, according to Gradall. The low-profile boom also operates efficiently under bridges and trees where conventional excavators won't fit.

Meanwhile, the XE 4100 incorporates many of the popular features introduced on Gradall Series V models including a Volvo engine, advanced Bosch Rexroth high pressure hydraulics and electric joystick controls using a Gradall, Deere or SAE joystick pattern.

A new remote repositioning system allows the machine to be repositioned from either the carrier or upper cab using an Allison‑approved transmission application to ensure smooth, dependable performance and simplified serviceability. From the carrier cab, the excavator has a highway speed capability of 60 mph, allowing it to be driven quickly to job sites without the need for a lowboy trailer, according to Gradall. Or from the upper cab, the carrier can be repositioned on a job site or along the length of a ditch at 7 mph.

The XE 4100 excavator weighs 45,900 lbs., approximately 4,000 lbs. less than the XL 4100 Series V machine, largely through a reduction in counterweight size with a 6-in. reduction in tail swing. Still, the geometry of the machine maintains productive boom forces comparable with the XL 4100 Series I machines as well as the balance, stability and roadability Gradall operators expect.

Optional equipment includes an AM/FM radio, work lights and auxiliary hydraulic plumbing. Heat and air conditioning in both cabs remains standard, providing operator comfort no matter the season or jobsite conditions. Standard attachments includes a range of buckets as well as a popular tree limb shear and fixed thumb grapple.

Gradall excavators, designed and manufactured only in the United States, have tariff-free pricing which furthers the new XE 4100 designed-in cost advantages, according to Gradall.

For more information, visit vacall.com.

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