Excavator

Excavators are engineering vehicles designed for digging, moving and transporting loose gravel. These vehicles comprise a backhoe and a cab mounted on a pivoted, rotating platform. The pivot is stationed on the top of an undercarriage equipped with tracks or wheels. These vehicles are also known as 360-degree excavators or diggers. Excavators are used for heavy industrial purposes such as demolition, digging of trenches, general landscaping as well as lifting heavy material and transporting them. They are also used for brush cutting with hydraulic attachments besides laying foundations and holes.

Depending on the requirement, excavators are manufactured in various sizes. Smaller excavators are often called mini excavators or compact excavators; they are used for laying foundations as well as along with bulldozers and loaders. Excavators feature large bucket attachments that are used for lifting gravel. They are sometimes called bucket excavators. The buckets can be replaced by other tools such as breakers, grapples or augers.

Different types of excavators include drag line excavators, link-belt excavators, skid steers and steam shovels. Hitachi excavator, Daewoo excavator and Volvo excavator are different excavator models available for sale in the markets. Auto dealers for excavators who deal in automobiles are also available Online.