in this video we are going to go over five most popular ultra compact mini excavators
takeuchi tb210r kubota k008-3 bobcat e10 caterpillar 300.9d and yanmar sv08-1d
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to ultralight one tone weight glass and are the smallest available on the market in this review
we are not taking into account little diggers from china which you can get for four or five
grand from alibaba or aliexpress neither do we consider grey market minis like komatsu of pc01
we'll probably make a review on them in another video all of them look pretty similar in size
and configuration few features though may catch your attention like availability of joystick
control and arm rest on takeuchi and bobcat you may also notice that caterpillar's safety frame
is on the front side while all the others have it on the back and the zero tail swing feature
is available only on bobcat e10 all the others have rear overhang ranging from 4 to 12 inches
other than that visually they look pretty much alike let's take a closer look at their parameters
the smallest in the group is yanmar sv08-1d like his competitors it has a retractable undercarriage
the width with tracks retracted is 26.8 inches and with tracks extended 33.1 inch this gives yanmar
a little advantage over its competitors allowing it to pass through smaller doorways or gaps the
other machines in this class have slightly wider undercarriages ranging from 28 to 29.5 inches with
tracks retracted which anyway allows all them to easily pass through a standard 36 inch doorway so
know your clearances if you are planning to use one of these machines especially if you are doing
interior demolition work the footprint dimensions of all of these machines are small enough to let
them be easily placed onto a 3000 pound trailer and be towed by pretty much anything now how deep
can they dig the leader here is bobcat e10 his digging depth is six feet takeuchi kubota and cat
dig pretty much to the same depth five foot eight to five foot nine and yanmar being the smallest
digs three quarters of a foot with less than its competitors it may be confusing to see five foot
four dig in depth on the front page of yanmar's brochure but in fact what we are comparing here is
the maximum digging depth from the ground level to the lowest point that a machine is capable
to reach with the tip of its bucket yanmar's 5 foot 4 is a different parameter as you can see
anyway these mini excavators will be most productive at 4 to 5 feet digging depth
with yanmar from three and a half to four and a half feet let's look at what these guys are
powered by like everything else the engines are pretty similar all of having some differences
actually takeuchi kubota and bobcat are powered by the same kubota d722 three-cylinder diesel specs
would tell us that they have different horsepower but that's because of the way they turned up
and operate at different rpms caterpillar 300.90 is powered by yanmar's engine which has a bit
higher output 13 hp at 2100 rpms yanmar on the other hand has a two-cylinder perkins engine
despite that it's a bit smaller its output is similar to its competitors only at the higher rpms
10.3 hp at 2800 rpms comparison chart that you've seen few times in this video can be downloaded
for free the link is provided below under this video it was generated by our team and contains
accurate information taken from official sources thanks for watching this video to the end we hope
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