Most excavator manufacturers offer a choice of boom and arm configurations to tailor excavators for specific applications. Most often these include a short, standard and long arm. Each of these has ...

With long-reach excavators, digging capacity decreases as boom and arm length increase. "Contractors should be sure the boom and arm are heavy enough to handle the demands of digging," emphasizes Matt ...

DX360LC-9 and DX400LC-9 excavators range from 53,000 to 95,000 pounds and 189 to 340 horsepower. Details here.

Did you know that there are excavators out there that rely on telescopic and tilting booms instead of conventional knuckle booms? The American manufacturer Gradall Industries is making this kind of ...

The 350 X4 LF (long-front) excavator for the U.S. and Canadian markets uses a 268-horsepower, Tier 4-F Isuzu engine (with no diesel particulate filter) designed to deliver up to 8 percent improved ...

At the ARA Show this week in Orlando, JCB introduced two new compact machines: the 250T compact track loader and the 25Z mini excavator. With the 250T, JCB brings its single-arm boom design to its ...