One of the biggest expenses within excavator operating costs is undercarriage and component wear. To extend the life of these critical parts, it’s necessary to keep a close eye on the machine. Despite ...

All photos courtesy of Develon unless otherwise indicated. Develon, a manufacturer continuing its robust expansion in North ...

The advent of onboard recording technology serves as a valuable management tool. For example, the Machine Information Center (MIC) on Hitachi and John Deere excavators will log data for everything the ...

Whatever the size and type of job, there is an excavator for it, as they come in many sizes and formats – for example, compact, crawlers or wheeled models – and just over 30,000 excavators were sold ...

An excavator operator's highest salary in 2025 relies significantly on specialized skills and equipment knowledge. This includes the strategic selection of excavator tracks. Specific track choices, ...

Broaching the subject of excavators this month with the manufacturers and distributors active in the region revealed a definite upswing in the market, with many parties proclaiming double digit growth ...

The undercarriage of tracked heavy equipment, such as crawler excavators, consists of many moving components that need to be maintained for them to function properly. If the undercarriage is not ...

The M315F and M317F compact wheeled excavators made and appearance, as did the 300.9D VPS mini excavator with flexible power option. More specialist launches included Cat’s 340F UHD demolition ...