Kobelco SK85 MSR-7 with Steelwrist tiltrotator at work in Luxembourg

Kobelco SK85 MSR-7 with two-piece boom and an X12 Steelwrist tiltrotator from Rings Bau at work spreading the base rock for a residential building.
Many thanks to the operator!

[@longhau200]

great video

[@ConstructionChannelLuxembourg]

Thank you!

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Nice find! I love these kinds of videos of machines working in everyday locations. Did you record this before the work stoppage?

[@ConstructionChannelLuxembourg]

Yeah, this was taken a couple of weeks ago, I have videos queued up for the rest of the month, but I won't be able to film anything new until early September when the whole sector comes back from their holiday. Those tiltrotators are amazing though, I hope I'll be able to get more footage of them in action.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

@@ConstructionChannelLuxembourg Good thing you have some reserve videos that you recorded earlier. Definitely try to get more video of the tiltrotator use.

[@ProdigyPlantHire]

Is the ass lifting because of the weight of the hitch and tilt etc? I have put 600 hours on one of these and it's so stable, surprised to see it lifting its ass without any weight in the bucket itsrlf

[@ConstructionChannelLuxembourg]

I don't know what configuration you run, but here the weight of the three-piece boom on a kingpost along with the tiltrotator adds quite a bit of weight to the machine. I don't think the chunky road-liner pads help stability much, but I'm not an operator myself.

[@ProdigyPlantHire]

We dont have the three piece boom and just a standard hydraulic hitch and buckets... we do have the same pads as yours tho, we can out it out with a full bucket (bulking bucket) over the side and it doesnt move. Really nice machines the 8 ton Kobelco. Just interesting to see your views on it and if it's the heavy hitch etc causing it

[@phoenixrisen6935]

Such a quiet machine I am loooking at buying a new machine 8-10 tonne.. why kobelco? I like them, komatsu and hitachi

[@ConstructionChannelLuxembourg]

I don't own it, so I'm not the best person to give advice.
However, the general opinion is that Kobelco has a superb full-size cab and low fuel consumption, while the non-dash-7 Models from Hitachi seem to be less comfortable. Komatsu seem to make reliable excavators, but the cab is said to be uncomfortable.
Honestly, performance-wise they won't be very far apart, so much depends on their price and the reliability of after-sales service.

[@phoenixrisen6935]

@@ConstructionChannelLuxembourg Thank you.. much of what my research is telling me.

[@OrazioRe]

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[@ConstructionChannelLuxembourg]

Thanks for watching!