From toy to tool: rebuilding the excavator
Our first excavator looked like something from a toy box. Here is what we changed to make it read as fourteen tonnes of worn steel: proportions, linkage, hydraulics, the cab and the dirt.

What we built, what broke and what we changed. Written by the people who did the work.
Our first excavator looked like something from a toy box. Here is what we changed to make it read as fourteen tonnes of worn steel: proportions, linkage, hydraulics, the cab and the dirt.

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