Excavator Buyers’ Guide 2024: The Latest Trends and Newest Models

September 13, 2024

Although excavators of 10 metric tons and greater are not the focal point of radical innovation, they are benefiting from advances in three key areas: technology, attachments and comfort. In this report, we run down the latest advancements in excavators and highlight the newest models, from Bobcat, Case, Develon, Hyundai, JCB, John Deere, KOBELCO, Link-Belt, Takeuchi and Volvo. Telematics, which gather and report machine data such as idle time and other key metrics, are present on virtually all models, but the features they include and the coverage terms vary widely by manufacturers.

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