Here in Sweden I think Hitachi and Volvo are the most used wheeled excavators. Mecalac is a rare brand. I think most are around 14 tons (14 000 kg) and pulls a carriage with different accessories, buckets and so on. The carriages also gives the possibility to collect and move dirt on, with its own hydraulic tilt for unloading, very convenient for use on paved roads inside towns. And of course these excvators have rotor tilt. These excavators primarilary have the advantage in the ease of transport (but not that fast) and very good capabilities compared to many other machines. The backdraw compared to tracked excavators is the lower stability and offroad capacity. Also it destroys the groundsurface more, in particular compared to steel tracks that can be really gentle on dry grounds. And the price of the wheeled excavators is higher, partly due to the more complicated layout with more controls. Our company have used Hitachi excavators with both steel tracks and wheels for more than a decade.
OMG that wheeled excavator needs a tilt-rotator with an eletro-hydraulic quick connect system so they don't have to get out of the cab to switch up powered accessories. Like Engcon or Steelwrist... Any time you don't have to get out of the cab to do a tool swap means you can start doing more tool swaps but spend more time doing actual work. Most of those tilt-rotators have a graple option that is like a big metal hand to pick up and move tools. Think of it like a mechanic, electrician, or plumber picking the right tool for a task rather that sitting there trying to make the shovel do every job... Use that pintle hitch to drag a small trailer, and now the machine is carrying its own tools and materials for a job.
It seems like Stanley is somewhat impressed! Another European brand to look at for the exclusivity is Menzi-Muck from Switzerland and their spider-excavators! But Mecalac from Annecy in France is definitely a very very nice and versatile brand!
JCB has a similar machine available in the states. It's called the Hydradig. 11ton machine. I have one, and it's the ultimate swiss army knife. It impresses me every day I run it.
That isn't much different than my JCB 110w hydradig. The 110w goes 25mph. The 110w has the engine mounted in the chassis of the machine to lower the center of gravity and increase stability. Originally I didn't even want the 110w but I got in a package deal with a 3ts8t teleskid, they were both brand new and I had to buy both.
@@truefarmer12345 solid machine. They also make them with fold down train track wheels. They put them at Same spot where the support struts are on this vehicle
It obviously will have some limitations on soft ground. But that's not the point. Each of them has their own use cases, and using a machine for something else than what it's built for is never optimal.
there are diffrent brands with their version of spider excavators in Europe. Also many of those they attach "ENGCON Tiltrotator" wich is kind of handy too.
I think the JCB Hydrodig is just as versatile we have them fitted for pot hole repairs and other road works mainly utilities and flytip clean up and light roadside tree surgery
If you’re a contractor you still need a trailer to haul that. Cities can drive it around but if your job is 30 miles away at 20 mph, that’s quite a drive.
Such an interesting hybrid machine. Does the work of a skid steer, excavator, and backhoe. Save even more time by not trailering it from job site to job site. What’s not to like?
Wont have to trailer it if the next job is a few blocks down in the same neighborhood but you ain't going down the main highway or any main roads. I guess you could technically but with a top speed of 20 mph youd end up behind on time wishing you would have just hauled it. I wondet how fast they wear out tired driving like that. Not saying it's a bad machine I do like you can go forward 30 ft and back 20 feet and forward again alot faster (like in a skid steer) then a tracked machine and maybe backhoe
Me: Man that tree really leans out toward the road really hard. I'm gonna have to pull that sucker back away from the road. Township guy: Drops it right on the road across both lanes. Not a road closed sign within sight Zero F's given. Love it. That is a really neat piece of equipment.
I'm impressed and amazed all at the same time 😮 This is a big game changer!!! Thank you for all the great information, gentlemen ! And thank you Stan 👍
While they never put the stabilizers down, it did look kinda tippy. Also, I’d like to see wheeled units for the smaller mini ex’s. These would be perfect for personal property or small contractors!
Its out performing backhoes having all on its attachments. Not sold to much on its capability looking close at its stress on the tires. Theres no reason outriggers couldnt be part of its design! For center balance as well as hydraulic boomout! outriggers to keep tire pressures damage. Other then the design it has! Longer reaching is less stressful on hydraulics at its full reach. Now with out its clearances as you would have more on a backhoe! I would like to see its reaction of the hard services, and see it reach capacities in soft ground and or muddy area's its a great deal for road crews city and or county for storm clean ups in disasters such as tornadoes heavey t-storms. Ooo! Iits great stan eaven they might make a philabuncher attachment head for it. But i think it would safe tax payers money and labor as well .👍🏻like this video stan. And ware there going with this concept. 👍🏻👍🏻
funny, new for you, but on the European side, this system has been in use for at least the last 30 years. and when I add a trailer to the back of the machine, you can transport various accessories yourself, including sand or other necessary items. Like Petr do, ru-vid.com/show-UCHgr6MXSFg38QyVjlWR-Yiw?si=RHj8636cIthK5Msk
I had a go with on a 10 ton with an engcon arm fully extended it was impossible to level way to bouncy no matter how light you are on the levers, had to bring the arm halfway in not even the lenghth of a 3 ton machine fully extended to grade even then still bouncy might of been the weight of the engcon but even the demonstration guy was embarrassed and didnt want to say anything about it kept on changing the subject saying its more for tight spaces, other than that it was good especially inside the cab, before buying one suggest you try and grade with it
I operate a 10ton crawler excavator most frequently, I would love to try this style machine and the tracked machine as well. Amazing potential the the boom configuration.
I like it and I think it’s stable enough. It’s an excavator with a treatable chassis so doing what they’re doing working on the roadside it’s a great machine. It looks pretty stable to me. They could easily put an outrigger system on there to make it more stable and they’ve got the blade in the front and back And it bounces around a little bit so does a track excavator but they’re getting the job done and it doesn’t look unsafe or bouncing around too much to me. I’d rather have tracks, but I’m almost never gonna be working on pavement, but if I were in a crew like this, or rural community, where I was operating on blacktop, I’d rather have this all day long. I don’t think it’s some amazing innovation but it’s customized for this job and it does a really good job of it, I like it As far as a backhoe, killer, depends on the job, if I’ve just got to move a big pile of dirt I like a backhoe and of course there’s the cost factor but this is definitely a lot more versatile, and though it’s got a street chassis on it, where that’s applicable that’s a huge advantage , they do this kind of work out where I live in the county comes by and maintains the side of the road and they usually use a big tractor with rubber reels and have huge attachments on the back with a boomer and a brush hog or chipper on it This is just a much better version of that.
These wheeled excavator are really mobile - comparativly. A number of companies have them. I think if you had 1 with an Encon, that would be a super machine
You mentioned they used skid steer attachments with it. Is there a special mount for it. My skid doesnt use that type of connection. Mine has what i thought is typical. The quick attach. I couldnt get a close view of the attacment plate. Could those accessories still be used with a skid. I dont work in comercial construction. Just my own personal jobs so maybe imay not recognize the attachment plate that most commercial compnies use.
Looks tipsy with forestry head. Not a backhoe killler though because it cost around 100k. French machines aren't know to be reliable and no one will be able to fix it. Either way, cool machine.
That machine is incredibly stable and will pull through mud that most wheeled machines dig in and as for reliability ours has never missed a beat in 5 years
Too cool. I’d love to have this when I was operating an excavator in the cities digging mainline trenches. We always ran around all over the city digging trenches. Would have been nice to have this thing.
I believe this is the trend for the future. More investment in multipurpose equipment with fewer and fewer laborers. That thing looks stable, glued down stable while it’s throwing that forestry head around. The only thing it’s lacking is a thumb for the excavator
JCB have there hydro dig similar and just as versatile a machine as the mecalac but it only comes in ten tone class were as mecalac has them as small as six tone very useful for a landscapers would not need two machines as it bout a skid steer and an excavator i love inventive and versatile kit like this it makes your business faster and more efficient and more profitable 😅🤔
I was born and raised on backhoes and rubber tire excavators. A rubber tire excavator sure is a bit tippier but man a good operator can run laps on a backhoe for almost everything. Europe used them even way better than us. They are so underrated
Love this machine. Tried to get a town buy one of these instead of a track excavator but they never seen one of these before so they went with a track excavator and now they need to trailer it everywhere and it's very limited in it usability
I thought I would joke around and say he should be able to lift that stuff himself be seriously, those wheels look intimidating. He better stay hyper aware of his surrounding to avoid stepping on someone's toe.
That thing is bouncing like a tractor with a backhoe.....the stability is in the support of the wheels and I think it comes down to use and being cmfortable with how it bounces. Eventually tho, you gonna bounce too much and pop that tire....at least I would think that. But maybe it is built for that and the tires and rims hold more. It is a pretty impressive machine.
I don't know Stan the road side tires was doing alot of bouncing I guess it depends on how it feels inside the equipment while running the brush cutter.
These will all be electrified by 2030. Imagine how much more stable they’d be with heavy low-mounted battery pack and almost no fuel costs comparatively and less maintenance bc power train has few moving parts.
