Five minutes of site questions, three machine recommendations, one service plan covering excavator digging depth, bucket capacity and Tier 4 Final documentation.
Each card pairs contractor pain points with a recommended excavator, loader or compaction mix — use it as a starting brief for your dealer quote.
Soft soils, frequent gradeability changes, utility trench conflict.
Recommended mix: mid-class excavator (20–30 t) + Case 580 backhoe loader + tandem roller + skid-steer for finish grade.
Mat density windows, MTV feed reliability, night-shift compaction force targets.
Recommended mix: asphalt paver + MTV + two tandem rollers + Case excavator for shoulder cut and trench repair.
Face hardness swings, haul-road ground pressure, crusher feed size control.
Recommended mix: jaw + cone + screen plant + face-loading excavators + wheel loaders sized to truck cycle time.
Deep digging near water tables, boom geometry clearance, lift-plan coordination.
Recommended mix: 30–50 t crawler excavators for abutment cuts + support crane package for segmental sets.
Dust suppression, slewing speed limits, high-reach boom inspection intervals.
Recommended mix: high-reach excavator + shear + dust-suppression bowser + Case mini excavator for selective interior strip-out.
Ventilation limits, emissions documentation, tight turning radius.
Recommended mix: compact excavators + jumbo drill support kits + ventilation-compliant Tier 4 Final packages.
Equipment managers weigh terrain, transport cost and cycle efficiency before locking a Case Construction excavator class. Both platforms ship with Tier 4 Final documentation; the right choice follows the haul road, not a brochure claim.
Lower ground pressure (often 40–55 kPa on wider track shoes) suits soft quarry floors and riverbank abutment cuts. Stability supports deeper digging depth and higher breakout force on face-loading cycles. Trade-off: float moves usually need a lowboy, adding mobilization cost between distant packages.
Road travel without a trailer cuts transfer cost on urban trench and utility packages with frequent site hops. Faster repositioning helps municipal crews. Trade-off: higher ground pressure and reduced traction on saturated soils; not the default for deep quarry face loading.
When Case Construction packages include crushing & screening iron alongside excavators, primary crusher choice shapes feed size, product shape and maintenance windows.
Simple structure, lower liner wear cost and wide feed-size tolerance (Mohs ≤ 9) make jaws the common primary on greenfield quarry expansions. Best when hardness swings and uptime matter more than cubic product shape.
Higher cubicity suits asphalt and concrete aggregate specs that reject elongated particles. Trade-off: faster wear on abrasive feed and tighter feed-size control from the excavator / loader circuit upstream.
Toggle the constraints that apply — the preview below updates for equipment managers preparing bid packages.
Include site type, daily cubic meters, paving kilometres and whether crawler versus wheeled excavator trade-offs matter for your haul roads. We return a package with bucket capacity, digging depth and undercarriage options.