In exchange for fixing the broken wood chipper a couple weeks ago a friend of mine held up his end of the deal and dropped off his mini excavator so I could use it to finish up some projects. First ...

The swing boom on the Hitachi ZX85USB-3 excavator enables digging parallel to walls with an “ultra-short-swing” machine that's still sized at 8.5 metric tons. That is beyond the official ...

Admit it, bigger is sometimes better. When you need to dig a large foundation, clear a big area or demolish a structure, a full-size excavator is probably the right equipment for the job. However, for ...