Backhoes tend to be smaller and have a front loader in addition to a bucket arm. Meanwhile, excavators are typically more ...

Watch a compact excavator perform impressive lifting and material-handling tasks with remarkable precision and control.

KIOTI Tractor, a division of Daedong-USA Inc., is expanding its compact construction equipment lineup with the launch of the MX Series mini excavators, its first entry into this product market. Built ...

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The swing boom on the Hitachi ZX85USB-3 excavator enables digging parallel to walls with an “ultra-short-swing” machine that's still sized at 8.5 metric tons. That is beyond the official ...

Fathers of Hackaday, we’ve got bad news — you’ve been out-fathered. Behold the mechanism of your undoing: a working miniature excavator, executed in plywood. To be fair, the rules of the game have ...

Since their introduction more than 40 years ago, compact excavators have been steadily making a name for themselves, largely due to their ability to work on smaller jobsites or in confined areas.

The 35,700-lb. Cat 315 Next Generation excavator is powered by a 110-net-hp Cat C3.6 Tier 4 Final engine and delivers a maximum digging depth of 19 ft. 7 in., maximum reach at ground level of 28 ft. 6 ...

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 ...