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Excavators are indispensable on construction sites. Excavators are driven on tracks or wheels. Apart from earthmoving, excavators are also used for demolition work.

• Tracked excavators
  Tracked excavators are driven on tracks. This type of excavator is used on difficult, rough and unpaved terrain.
• Wheel excavators
  Wheel excavators are wheeled machines. Wheeled excavators are faster than crawler excavators. 
• Backhoe loaders
  Backhoe loaders are also known as backhoe loaders. Backhoe loaders have a front loader (also called a boom) and an excavator arm for digging. Backhoe loaders are often used to install pipes and cables or to scoop out clods, tree trunks and roots. 
• Trenchers
  Trenchers are also called chain excavators. They can be used to dig trenches in difficult-to-excavate ground. For example, in loamy and clay soils or where there are many stones and boulders. 

Many applications

Excavators are used in many industries such as:

• Mining
  Raw materials, minerals and mining. Excavators often play a role in open pit mining that takes place on the surface. 
• Road, rail and waterway construction (GWW)
  Excavators are used to move soil before roads can be built. 
• Forestry
  In forestry, excavators are often used to dig out stumps and tree trunks.
• Agriculture

Heavy excavators are mainly used in mining and road construction while smaller excavators are used by gardeners. 

Equipment / attachments

The arms of excavators are multi-functional. Various buckets and grabs can usually be fitted here so that the excavator can be used in various fields.

Famous brands

• Caterpillar excavators
• Hitachi excavators
• Volvo excavators
• JCB excavators
• Liebherr excavators