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What affects the price of an excavator?

If you’re in the market to purchase an excavator, you’ll need to understand the factors that influence the price so that you can determine whether you are getting a good deal or not. An excavator can have a hard life

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How to transport an excavator

Excavators can be transported on flat bed trailers or in the back of a tipper truck, depending on the size off the excavator. Large excavators: must be transported on a semitrailer flat deck Small and medium excavators: can be transported

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Pedestrian safety on construction sites with excavators and loaders: alert and exclusion zones

Excavators and loaders are large machines with blind spots that make it dangerous for pedestrians when they are working in the same area. Loaders and wheeled excavators are capable of moving quickly, so it’s important that everyone on the worksite

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Can an excavator work in flooding or underwater?

Excavators typically have their engine above the counterweight. This is almost always a diesel-powered engine. To burn the fuel, the engine needs to take in air as well as have a way of venting exhaust fumes.  Excavators are commonly used

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Hydraulic system checks on forklifts, loaders, excavators and other machinery

What do hydraulic systems do? Hydraulic systems are used to raise, lower, turn, contract, expand, turn and otherwise move attachments and parts of many different types of equipment such as forklifts, backhoes, excavators, loaders and truck loader cranes. When an

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