Digging a trench using a hydraulic excavator may seem like a pretty straightforward task. However, it requires a level of training and skill to maximize productivity, efficiency and safety for both ...

Just How Powerful Is This Chinese Mini Excavator? Watch As I Put It To The Ultimate Dig Test To See If It’s Really Up To The Task Of Handling Serious Digging Jobs. Teacher shot by 6-year-old student ...

The XT1600 has a height under the bucket hinge pin of 121 inches, allowing Local 150 instructor/operator Scott Mennenga to place loads over the side of the Local's A25C Volvo articulated hauler. The ...

When I first got my hands on a Chinese electric mini-excavator, I thought it would be a fun little machine for digging a few holes and moving some dirt around. What I didn’t expect was just how useful ...

Ubiquitous on mini-excavators, dozer blades for backfilling and grading have crept up to the medium 20,000- to 40,000-pound excavator size class. As in other machine categories, operators have been ...

Industrial equipment — skid-steer loaders, wheel loaders, excavators and backhoes — has become agriculture’s mechanical equivalent of a utility player. Planters, combines and sprayers are ...

Several factors can help excavator operators improve their productivity during everyday construction tasks, but the single biggest contributing factor typically circles back to choosing the proper ...