Used excavators

Shovel The shovel, also called backhoe or excavator, is a construction machine used for earthmoving. Being a mechanical or hydraulic excavator, in construction work, the excavator digs the ground and extracts soil and rubble. Depending on the accessories, it can also drill into the ground, handle materials, cut scrap metal, etc. An excavator consists of a carrier frame, on tracks or on tires, a power unit, a turret, a cabin and an articulated arm consisting of an arrow and a dipper. Most often equipped with a backhoe bucket, the arm can benefit from a wide variety of equipment: auger, hydraulic rock breaker, grapple, shears, clamshell, sorting grapple ... fixed with the hitch rapid which can be mechanical or hydraulic. Hydraulic Mechanical Excavator: Types Crawler excavators are the most powerful models; among them are the mining excavators which are the largest models of excavators in existence. Wheeled excavators are more manoeuvrable but less powerful. Mini excavators are used on small sites, for example by private individuals. There are also excavators designed for specific use: material handling excavators (handling waste or scrap metal), demolition excavators (equipped with specific tools and a long reach dipper), rail / road excavators (for work on railways), spider shovels (for work on steep terrain or in the mountains). Developed at the end of the 19th century, the hydraulic power shovel replaced the cable shovel which is much less used today. On Europe-Construction-Equipment.com, see used excavator ads from Cat, Komatsu, Hitachi, Volvo, Liebherr, Doosan and JCB. Used construction excavators ads Finding a used construction excavator or second-hand excavator is an operation that can be tedious. However, an efficient earthmoving tool is the key to a successful construction site. Europe-Construction-Equipment.com saves you precious time and simplifies your purchase: find in a few clicks, and for a reduced cost, a Komatsu excavator for sale or a Caterpillar excavator; our site also gives you quick access to an ad to buy or rent excavators of all categories, such as a used wheel excavator or a tracked excavator. Choosing the right second-hand equipment Offering significantly more mobility than a backhoe loader, the used construction excavator differs from the latter by the cab / implement rotation possibilities which allow great flexibility. If you are looking for a used excavator, you will have access in a few clicks to the object of your expectations on the Europe-Construction-Equipment.com site. You can buy or rent on our site, in complete safety, a used excavator for an unbeatable price; you can easily find a used wheel excavator, but also a crawler excavator for sale or rental. Discover all our used and new excavators, to buy or rent, for optimized earthmoving. All the announcements of construction equipment are available on one site! Crawler excavator or wheel excavator? Among the excavators, we differentiate the crawler excavator and the wheel excavator. The choice of your machine will be impacted by the needs on your site. The used wheel excavator allows you to travel on public roads legally. If you think you have to make many trips in a short time for the needs of your site, it is therefore more suitable. The crawler excavator is much more common than the wheel excavator. It is less mobile, and is therefore more suitable for static and long construction sites. If you want to buy or rent a used construction excavator for winter excavation work on muddy ground, the crawler excavator will be more suited to your expectations. This is because the weight of the excavator is distributed better on the tracks than on the tires, so you prevent it from sinking or getting stuck. The best brands of used construction excavators The most famous and widespread brands in the construction sector are available at Europe-Construction-Equipment.com, you will inevitably find your happiness among: Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi, Volvo, Doosan, Liebherr, JCB ... If you are looking for a Caterpillar excavator like many site managers, know that our site has almost 2000 advertisements of used tp excavators of this brand. If you are looking for a Komatsu excavator for sale, Europe-Construction-Equipment.com has almost a thousand ads for construction equipment from this benchmark brand. It is up to you to make your choice !