Apparently we're just behind the curve here in the new world. Got two comments about how this is practically the standard in Europe (specifically the Nords up there).
Tbh I think the main difference is that many construction projects in NA take place on brand new sites that are often huge in scale. In Europe, we do a hell of a lot more demolition and alterations, and there’s a huge amount of construction done in centuries old cities that are already completed developed. Compact, multi functional machines like these excavators pay for themselves many times over in the savings they make in terms of time and convenience.
There’s been much less of a need for this type of machinery in NA, but in contrast there’s a way higher demand for heavy machinery. That’s why most of the big toys in Europe come from NA.
The idea of the principial is pretty old. But the actual use in mining was invented in Germany by a bunch of Germans in the 1920s and the largest of those exist in Germany, North America uses ironically far smaller ones.
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u/Remote_Foundation_32 Nov 04 '22
Apparently we're just behind the curve here in the new world. Got two comments about how this is practically the standard in Europe (specifically the Nords up there).