Friday, November 7th, 2008
This is an excavator in action, excavating a one level basement. The temporary retaining wall is made up of sheet piles, which is installed by a second excavator ( the one on a higher level) as it is modified with a vibratory clamp to install sheet piles.
Here is photo taken.
The lower excavator is the [...]
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Volvo, more known for it’s ultra safe passenger cars has also a construction equipment division that makes a variety of equipment including excavators. Volvo manufactured a series of medium to heavy excavators. On the lower end of the scale is the EC140B and EC160C Excavators.
The excavators pictures are shown below.
EC140B
Operation Weight 29,990 lbs (13,600kg)
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Note the short tail swing of this excavator. Suitable for working in tight space. The specs of this Komatsu excavator is as follows:
* 49,900- to 51,110-lb (22630 - 23180 kg) operating weight
* Bucket capacity range of 0.66 to 1.57 cu. yds ( 0.50 to 1.20 cu. [...]
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