Excavators are used in many ways

Excavators come with a dipper, bucket, boom and a carriage on a rotating platform – also known as the ‘house’. Excavators are the most regularly used heavy equipment on a construction site because of the various functions that they can perform. There are many different types of excavators that can be used to do certain jobs.

Crawler Excavators

Crawlers get their name from their uncommon undercarriage. Unlike other excavators, they move on tracks instead of wheels. Crawler excavators are normally used for mining projects and heavy-duty construction such as trench digging and grading. They are perfect to use for jobs on mounds as their tracks make it easier for them to climb up and slide down the hill slopes.

Long Arm Excavators

These excavators have long arms and booms, hence the name, that give them a larger range allowing them them to access places that would otherwise be difficult to reach. These excavators work well in demolition because of their long arms that can be fitted with different attachments for breaking up hard materials.

Dragline Excavators

This is quite a large excavator that is usually assembled on site. It has a unique system that consists of a bucket attached to a hoist rope and a dragline. The dragline is attached to the carriage. This type of excavator is used in heavy-duty construction such as road excavations and underwater jobs.

Mini Excavators

These lightweight excavators are easy to transport to the sites that they are used for. These small, manoeuvrable excavators can be used for trenching and other utility work in residential, commercial and industrial areas.