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Knocking down dead trees with mini excavator

Everything is better when its wet. Including digging out some dead trees with a mini excavator. In this video I am going to use my John Deere 50ZTS mini excavator to dig out some dead trees. Doing ...
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$4,000 Mini Excavator Test – Is the AGT H12R Worth It?

I got my hands on an AGT H12R mini excavator for just $4,000—but is it actually any good? Let’s put it to the test and see how it performs! #MiniExcavator #ConstructionEquipment #AGTH12R ...
Construction Equipment

What's the Difference between Mini-Excavators and Compact Excavators?

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 ...
Construction Equipment

How Blades Benefit Excavators

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 ...
For Construction Pros

Excavator Evolution: Determining When to Use Wheels Vs. Tracks

Although wheeled excavators have been popular in Europe for quite some time, they are now beginning to be used more often in North America, especially by county road departments and municipalities. In ...