Excavators

How to Show Your Excavator Some Love →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Your busiest time of year is approaching for which you know you'll only be as good as your machinery. Regardless of how talented a crew you have or how strategically planned your projects are, without your tools functioning at their optimum, you will start losing money – and fast. Excavators, having improved dramatically over the last decade are the new workhorses. With enhanced systems and versatility, excavators have the resilience and capability of multiple pieces of equipment in one. Click for more...

Engcon Delivers 10,000th Advanced Control System DC2 Smart Controller →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Engcon, a leading manufacturer of tiltrotators — a kind of tilting and rotating quick coupler for excavators — has delivered its 10,000th DC2 control system from its factory in Stromsund, Sweden. "DC2 is one of the smartest systems on the market. Used with the MIG2 joystick, the DC2 can proportionally control up to six functions simultaneously. Additional functions can be connected and turned on and off by buttons on the joystick. Click for more...

Paradise On the Rocks →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As a family-owned general contractor with more than 95 years of experience, Goodfellow Bros. Inc. (GBI) knows how to take on challenging terrain, whether working in Washington, Oregon, California or especially Hawaii. And the company relies on its Hitachi excavator fleet to tackle Hawaii's tough lava rock environment. The company first started using Hitachi excavators more than 20 years ago and hasn't looked back. Click for more...

Kinshofer NOX-Tiltrotator Series Offers Advanced Features for Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Kinshofer, a leading source of high-quality excavator and loader crane attachments, has introduced the NOX-Tiltrotator Series. The attachments' universal joint offers 360-degree continuous rotation and tilting angles of up to 2-by-55 degrees, the widest in the industry. The Tiltrotator features an elliptical piston rather than a cylinder, for a streamlined design and high-power performance in a variety of tight areas and applications, such as road construction, general construction and city snow removal. Click for more...

Factory-Built Link-Belt 350 X4 Delivers More Performance, Fuel Efficiency →

From Construction Equipment Guide... LBX Company's Link-Belt 350 X4 LF (long front) excavator for the United States and Canada features EPA Final Tier IV engines from Isuzu that strike the ultimate balance between power, productivity and fuel efficiency. Users will experience up to 8 percent improved fuel economy in the base machine, with the added benefit of no costly diesel particulate filters (DPF) to maintain or replace. This machine is the only factory-built long-reach excavator available in this size range, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Doosan Crawler Excavators Provide Superior Digging, Lifting Performance →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Doosan DX225LC-5 crawler excavators feature superior performance, operator-focused comfort, fuel economy and jobsite durability, according to the manufacturer. Smart Power Control Reduces Fuel Consumption A selectable feature, smart power control (SPC), consists of two systems — variable speed control and pump torque control — that work together to improve machine efficiency while maintaining productivity and reducing fuel consumption. Click for more...

Looking Back: Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The crane excavator manufacturing industry in the 1950's began to launch hybrid mechanical cable and hydraulic machines like the Lima Type 25 front-end loader. Those efforts coincided with the increased manufacture of rubber tired front-end loaders, like the Hough Pay Loader line. The dedicated loaders had begun to replace clamshell cranes and shovels in re-handling and loading applications in the aggregate industry. Click for more...

Looking Back: Excavators →

LiuGong North America E-Series Excavators Improve Operator Visibility →

From Construction Equipment Guide... LiuGong North America's new E-Series excavators include the 915E, 922E, 925E, 930E and 936E models. The machines feature best-in-class fuel consumption and an integrated ROPS cab meeting ISO 12117-2 safety standards. A standard rear-view camera improves operator visibility when traveling. The excavators are powered by QSB4.5, QSB6.7, and QSL9 Tier IV Final turbo-charged Cummins engines. Six selectable working modes optimize hydraulic performance and fuel consumption for specific conditions. Click for more...

Yanmar Quick Coupler Simplifies Attachment Changes →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A unique feature of Yanmar excavators is a quick coupler, which is provided on all models ViO25-6A and larger. The pin-grabber style quick coupler is used by the operator from within the cab and simplifies the ability to switch easily and quickly between different size buckets and different attachments (such as breakers, mowers, etc.). The distance between pins is adjustable so attachments with different pin distances can be used. Click for more...

Kobelco SK55SRX Mini-Excavators Built for Small Jobs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Mini-excavators are widely used at sites where space is limited. Users want big power in a small machine as well as stable operation, rugged construction and durability to reduce downtime. The Kobelco SK55SRX is a compact, yet tough performer that delivers full-size benefits with short-radius capabilities and exceptional features. Showcased on the SK55SRX, is the iNDr+E KOBELCO cooling system. iNDr+E incorporates the iNDr technology of large Kobelco excavators, into an eco-friendly cooling system that reduces noise to 75 dB. Click for more...

Yoder & Frey Announces Auction Schedule for Kissimmee Heavy Equipment Winter Sale →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Yoder & Frey, auctioneers of heavy construction and agricultural equipment in the USA, has announced the auction schedule for the Kissimmee heavy equipment winter sale in Florida between Feb. 13 and 17, 2018, which will see three separate sales rings on each of the five days used to accommodate the phenomenal volume of quality new, used and surplus equipment, including around 1,000 engines, being consigned to this auction. Click for more...

Polluted No More: $863M Arena Removes Contaminated Soil From Site →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Through careful planning, Little Caesars Arena has successfully avoided a toxic vapor issue that has plagued more than 4,000 sites throughout Michigan. State officials required Olympia Entertainment to remove the contaminated soil during construction of the $863 million arena, The Detroit News reported. According to the state's Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman Tiffany Brown, the dirt on the site specifically contained "polynuclear aromatics, metals and petroleum-related volatile organic compounds." However, this issue is one that many construction sites face, said Brett McWethy, an Olympia Entertainment spokesman. Click for more...

Beaver Excavating Crews Make History in a Big Way →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Sixteen miles of four-lane divided highway. Twenty-one bridges. Five interchanges. Twenty million cu. yds. of excavation. 300,000 sq. ft. of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall. The Beaver Excavating Company is making history by helping complete the Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) massive Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway (State Route 823) project. And they're making it happen in less than four years —three years and eight months, to be exact. Click for more...

Bobcat E85 is Company's Largest R-Series Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Bobcat Company has expanded its R-Series excavator lineup with the E85, the largest machine in the company's compact excavator family. The 8.5-ton (7.7 t) E85 is part of the fastest-growing-size class of compact excavators in North America. The E85 has been redesigned with performance, uptime protection and operator comfort in mind, and features the same bold, distinct design and other cab upgrades as the E32 and E35 R-Series compact excavators that were introduced in 2017. Click for more...

Equipment Pours in for Yoder & Frey's Kissimmee Sale →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Yoder & Frey, auctioneers of heavy construction and agricultural equipment in the United States, is working to accommodate the volume of quality used and surplus equipment now being consigned and shipped to the upcoming Kissimmee winter sale to be held in Florida between Feb. 13 to 17, 2018. “When we passed the 'month to go' mark for the Kissimmee Winter Auction enquiries really escalated with the phone ringing persistently as consignors looked to confirm the lots to be included in the auction and to arrange transportation,” said Peter Clark, president of Yoder & Frey. Click for more...

Kinshofer Series of Hydraulic Mobile Shears Features Industry-Leading Power-to-Weight Ratio, Cycle Times →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Kinshofer, a leading source of excavator and loader crane attachments, introduced the DXS Series of hydraulic mobile excavator shears. The line features industry-leading in its size class power-to-weight ratios, jaw opening sizes, cycle times and hydraulic efficiency, according to the manufacturer. The attachment series, which debuts with the DXS-50 model, is ideal for scrap processing, tire recycling and demolition. Click for more...

Hyundai HDB Hydraulic Breaker Series Includes 15 Models →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The HDB series of hydraulic breakers from Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas Inc. includes 15 different models to fit multiple machine sizes and applications. Six models, ranging from 253 to 1,354 lb. (115 to 614 kg), are designed for use on Hyundai Series 9A compact excavators. Four models, ranging from 2,048 to 4,773 lb. (929 to 2,165 kg), fit mid-range Hyundai HX series excavators in the 10- to 20-ton class range. Click for more...

Hyundai HX300L Crawler Excavator Delivers Performance, Convenience, Serviceability, Safety →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The HX300L hydraulic excavator from Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas delivers the performance, convenience, serviceability and safety that contractors value across a wide range of applications. The 35-ton (30-t) Hyundai HX300L features a Tier IV Final-compliant, 230-hp (171-kW) Cummins QSB6.7 diesel engine. It provides maximum dig depth of 24 ft. 3 in. (7.4 m), bucket digging force of 37,920 lbf (17 200 kgf), and maximum reach at ground level of 32 ft. Click for more...

10,000+ Items and Counting for Ritchie Bros.' Massive Six-Day Orlando Auction →

From Construction Equipment Guide... With three weeks still to go, the Ritchie Bros. Orlando auction already looks to have one of the best selections of equipment the company has ever assembled. More than 10,000 equipment items and trucks are already listed to sell in the six-day unreserved auction — approximately 39 percent more items than this time last year. As always, every item will be sold without minimum bids or reserve prices. Click for more...

← 60 Page 61 62 →