What Does It Cost to Run a Mini Excavator?
Fuel is the number everybody asks about and the smallest part of the answer. The honest hourly cost including the wear items nobody budgets for, and where renting still wins.
Can a Mini Excavator Dig Hard Clay, Rock and Roots?
Mostly yes, slower than you would like, and with a few tricks that matter more than machine size. What actually stops a small excavator in hard ground, and what to do about it.
Digging Depth and Reach: What the Specs Actually Mean
Maximum dig depth is measured from a flat surface you will never stand on, with the machine in a position you would not normally use. How to translate the published numbers into work you can really get done.
Breakout Force vs Lift Capacity on a Mini Excavator
Two numbers that sound like strength and measure completely different things. What breakout force is, why bucket force and arm force are separate figures, and why a machine can dig hard and lift poorly.
How Much Can a Mini Excavator Actually Lift?
A mini excavator does not have one lift capacity, it has a chart. What the 75 and 87 percent rules mean, why capacity collapses as you reach out, and how to lift safely when your machine came with no paperwork.
Can You Use Bobcat or Kubota Attachments on a Chinese Mini Excavator?
Sometimes, by coincidence, and never by assumption. Why small excavator pin sizes cluster, what actually differs between brands, and how to shop the used attachment market by dimension instead of badge.
What Hydraulic Flow Do Mini Excavator Attachments Need?
Flow sets the speed and pressure sets the force. How to find what your auxiliary circuit actually puts out, what each attachment type needs, and what goes wrong at both ends of a mismatch.
Quick Attach vs Pin-On: Which One You Actually Want
A quick coupler buys you speed and costs you reach, lift capacity and money. Whether that trade makes sense on a small mini excavator comes down to how often you really swap attachments.
How to Measure Your Mini Excavator for an Attachment
The field procedure for measuring a mini excavator before you order an attachment: how to shut it down safely, what tools you need, the order to work in, and the five ways people get these numbers wrong.
Will This Attachment Fit My Mini Excavator?
Four numbers decide whether a mini excavator attachment fits, and tonnage is not one of them. What to measure, how to measure it, and what to do when your machine came with no specs.