You're absolutely right! I operated Åkermans for many years. Sadly though they stopped making machines in 1998. By that time the factory had been owned by Volvo since 1990, and kept the name Åkerman until 1996. Swedish quality at its best. However the products proved much more expensive, and the production number were far too small compared to for example Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi etc. In my 25 years as an operator i always thought it was and still is the best excavator ever made.
The last machine we were able to get in Connecticut was from Texas, it had 42" sand pads on it. We had to change to a smaller pass due to the rock that it was going to dig. These were made to dig rock, one tough machine
I'm also in CT after high school I worked in a quarry for a few years we had a H 25b from Barre Vt that machine was a massive beast. Old beat and slow but still powerful. Pushed down some large trees with ease. Triaxle filled in 2.5/3 buckets. Damn that was 30yrs ago. Time flies by
Riktigt kul att se. Skoj att Kalle köpte den, den har ju som sagt bara stått i flera och och aldrig använts. Är själv från Borlänge så har sett den åtaliga gånger! :)
