World's Top 10 Largest Hydraulic Excavators used in 2019

10 December 2019, 13:00

by Patrik Eder , LECTURA GmbH (International)

As you probably noticed, LECTURA is all about the data and statistics. We also love rankings and that is why we bring you the overview of Top 10 Largest Hydraulic Excavators used in 2019. Let’s have a look together and discover which excavator is the biggest of them all.

Also called tracked excavators, crawler excavators are the core of every heavy machinery fleet in the construction industry. A crawler excavator is suitable for a wide range of jobs such as excavating, landscape digging, mining, civil engineering, pipe jacking or even demolition, making it one of the most important machines on the construction site.

The versatility of crawler excavators can be also improved with hydraulically-powered attachments, typically buckets, pulverizers, breakers, crushers, shears, hammers, grapplers or tiltrotators. Utilizing the tracks, these heavy-duty machines are well-equipped to handle work in a challenging environment, however, the tracks limit their movement speed.

10. Komatsu PC5500-6

Number 10 in our ranking is the Komatsu PC5500-6 hydraulic excavator, launched in 2006. The mining machine is offered in two configurations, as a backhoe or a loading shovel (as you can see in the picture above).

The maximum operating weight of 552 tons lists the model among the mid-sized mining excavators. Powered by two 12-cylinder Komatsu engines rated at 1880 kW / 2520 HP in total, the excavator is able to travel at 2.1 km/h.

The PC5500-6 is a popular model especially on large jobsites in North America as it is designed to match 150 to 240 U.S. ton trucks for maximum potential. Speaking in numbers, Komatsu has sold over 170 units of the PC5500-6 globally.

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