Salvage Tracked Excavators in New Zealand

About Crawler Excavators

Whether used in roadway or large commercial construction projects, excavators are one of the most common and most important pieces of equipment on a construction site, as well as mining, quarrying, shipping, and other applications. On construction sites, excavators are used primarily to dig and move earth but when paired with various attachments can also handle such tasks as crushing, lifting, demolishing, trenching, loading, rechanneling, and shaping.

Benefits Of Crawler Excavators

New and used crawler excavators distinguish themselves from wheel, walk-behind, rail, and other types of excavators by the steel tracks they use to move around the construction site. Those tracks provide crawler excavators, also known as crawling diggers and track excavators, better stability and weight distribution on rougher terrains vs. wheeled excavators.

Find The Right Crawler Excavator

Crawler excavators generally fall into compact (or mini) and standard size categories with operating weights ranging from 900 to 45,000 kilograms and beyond. A notable type of crawler excavator is the long reach excavator. Among top manufacturers and brands of crawler excavators are CASE, Caterpillar, Deere, Hitachi, Hyundai, Kobelco, Komatsu, Link-Belt, and Volvo.