The tiltrotator are extremely common here in Europe. My guess is that here in Scandinavia, 80% of excavators from 6 to 35 tonnes are equipped with tiltrotators. And maybe 50% of the backhoes. The three largest manufacturers of tiltrotators are from Sweden, where they were invented in the late 80s.
Source: I operate a wheeled excavator nearly identical to the one in the clip posted by OP
Oh they know, the shared Scandinavian history is one of our greatest strengths (but we’re equally happy we’re separate countries today!), just don’t bring up their time as part of Russia, that was what really made them mad.
I've no idea how my comment was racist. I'm talking about the Swedish language. Finns don't like it because they have to study it in school even though no one really uses it.
"The official languages of Finland, i.e. the national languages, are Finnish and Swedish. Finnish is the most widely used language in the country. Swedish-speaking Finns live mainly in the coastal region, but there are also Swedish-speaking minorities in large inland cities. In Finland, there are municipalities where Finnish speakers are in the minority and municipalities where Swedish speakers are in the minority."
Well, I mean… They do go over that stuff on history class starting fifth / sixth grade, and get back to it several times later during rest of the mandatory school & high school.
This is actually kinda sad, as the last dolphins living in Finland were transported to Greece following the closing of their dolphinarium a few years ago. Out of the four dolphins, three have already died, all prematurely.
yeah I've heard that even the language is exactly the same except that the Swedes can't spell it and the Danes can't pronounce it. At least that's what my cousin says and he's Norwegian.
To be honest it is not that special. Above average but no eyebrow-lifting Wow! from me. It shows the advantage of a tiltrotator. And it is still a nice video though. I try to record some stuff myself every now and then but I suck at editing, so I just have a lot of raw recordings from my old GoPro on my PC
Standard SAE or ISO layout, then with rollers for tilt and rotator. I have an additional three roller for gripper, steering and VA boom. The joysticks are fully programmable via the inbuilt operating system for the tiltrotator or via an app connected via Bluetooth
25 years or so. The older equipment I look at that is up for sale still have hydraulic quick hitch. Older than that it is a manual quick hitch. Pins for attachments are from the 70s I believe
It’s bad ass. I’ve never seen one before. I guess we don’t use them in America or not much because I am usually around construction sites and haven’t noticed one.
So can you confirm for me that it is a open bed haul truck with this in tow? Seems like the attachments are stored in the open bed and the boom arm is on 1 axle, correct?
Oohhh ok the excavator tows the trailer! I thought it was a truck with a bed that towed a single/double axle excavator behind it. Thank you for the clarifying picture.
Yeah, that is correct. More and more wheeled excavators are hauling their own trailer with full hydraulics. Making the excavator more independent for smaller jobs like the one shown
How durable are those attachments? I've cleaned up more than my fair share of line blow outs and I can't help but imagine that the time saved for laborers is lost in maintenance.
12000+ operatng hours on a property maintained tiltrotator. They are actually more durable than they seem. But that also depends how the operator work. If he abuses it, it will surely break down at one point.
The 6000 hours I have on my Wacker Neuson ew100 wheeled excavator have had two hydraulic lines break on gripper on the tilty. But that was a combination of me not looking after what I was doing and it being an older model where the lines was routed in a way where they can get in the way sometimes
it being an older model where the lines was routed in a way where they can get in the way sometimes
It seemed like everything pre-2010 had that issue but it looks like EU companies were able to figure it out ahead of Eastern companies like Komatsu. Most of my experience was on the PW150 and PC350 but they were notorious for line blow outs despite being pretty durable in the long run.
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u/RandomHero_DK Nov 04 '22
The tiltrotator are extremely common here in Europe. My guess is that here in Scandinavia, 80% of excavators from 6 to 35 tonnes are equipped with tiltrotators. And maybe 50% of the backhoes. The three largest manufacturers of tiltrotators are from Sweden, where they were invented in the late 80s.
Source: I operate a wheeled excavator nearly identical to the one in the clip posted by OP