| The type of digger that you will need for a | | | | easier controls and simpler attachments of |
| construction project will depend on various factors. | | | | accessories. Highly regarded brand names include JCB, |
| Usually a digger is required when the amount of | | | | Komatsu, Caterpillar, Hitachi, Volvo and Kubota. |
| man-hours required to dig the necessary hole is | | | | Many of the larger categories of excavator perform |
| excessive. Renting or buying a digger may well at | | | | the same roles as their more compact siblings but on |
| times save you money and do the job more | | | | larger scale and where the access is unbridled. There |
| effectively. The size of digger you need will clearly be | | | | are though some specialised larger diggers such as |
| dependent on the nature of the job and equally | | | | those known as long reach excavators. As the name |
| importantly what size access to the site is available | | | | suggests these vehicles have extra long arms allowing |
| and how smooth or not the land is. | | | | them to fulfil tasks such as demolition or reaching to |
| Diggers and mini diggers are often described in a more | | | | the higher floors of tall building sites. Old-style demolition |
| technical way as excavators. Each size of excavator | | | | with huge balls on the end of cables can clearly be |
| then has its own categories and sub-categories, as | | | | somewhat haphazard in terms of how the building |
| there are constantly new developments and | | | | actually comes down. A long reach excavator has |
| innovations in response to the wide range of different | | | | much more finesse as it can reach to the upper floors |
| jobs that diggers are required for. | | | | of buildings and dismantle them in a safer and more |
| Compact excavators or mini diggers are generally | | | | refined way. |
| between two and six tonnes in weight and are more | | | | Other larger excavators are used for work such as |
| powerful than is at first obvious. This is especially true | | | | road building, road maintenance and larger construction |
| of the more modern versions, which come with | | | | jobs. They are often equipped with a hammer, a |
| advanced hydraulic systems to increase their strength. | | | | shovel and other accessories. They often have names |
| Another of their valuable features is their adaptability | | | | such as dredger excavators, trench diggers and |
| and mobility in comparison to their larger counterparts. | | | | foundation excavators, dependant on the primary |
| Most models of mini digger excavator can rotate | | | | intention of the design. |
| around 360 degrees giving maximum freedom to the | | | | The monsters in the field are often known as dragline |
| operator and often saving time and money, as many | | | | excavators and bucket wheel excavators and are |
| jobs will be quicker due to not having to constantly | | | | often used for larger construction projects, civil |
| reposition the excavator. | | | | engineering and mining. The dragline excavator |
| The size and mobility of mini diggers also means they | | | | operates a large bucket by a system of ropes, cables |
| are ideal for smaller sites, perhaps with limited access | | | | and chains. Bucket wheel excavators consist of a |
| and where you may have to work in a tight space. | | | | large wheel with bucket and scoop attachments |
| Mini diggers are ideal for jobs such as digging ditches, | | | | designed to collect earth and deliver it usually to some |
| setting up pools or ponds, trenching for pipes and | | | | kind of conveyor belt or grader. Some of these |
| cables, digging foundations for extensions and general | | | | machines weigh as much as 13,000 tonnes and can |
| landscaping jobs. | | | | take as long as five years to make. Digger designs |
| There are many good reasons for picking a mini digger | | | | are always evolving so check out the latest |
| over a larger one when practicable such as: lower | | | | developments if you are considering buying or renting |
| purchase or renting costs, lower maintenance costs, | | | | one. |