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Wheel Loader Upgrades: Cab, Controls, and Payload System

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Chris, the Product Manager for Hitachi Wheel Loaders, introduces the new Dash-7 models (e.g., ZW180-7) compared to the older Dash-6. Key changes are centered around operator comfort and ergonomics based on dealer and customer feedback. The exterior design of the boom has been changed for better visibility, improving the operator's view from the cab. Inside the cab, there's more legroom and improved ergonomics. Buttons for various functions are conveniently placed on the right B-pillar post for easy access. The Dash-7 models also come standard with a payload system, including a scale, allowing operators to see the exact amount of material they are loading directly on the screen. Premium configurations include heated and electric mirrors and a rear obstruction detection system.

Goal: Chris, Product Manager for Hitachi Wheel Loaders, highlights significant upgrades to the new Dash-7 models, focusing on enhanced operator comfort, improved visibility, and integrated technology.

Tools and materials

  • Hitachi Wheel Loader (ZW180-6)
  • Hitachi Wheel Loader (ZW180-7)

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Awesome. All right. Thanks, Barrett. Appreciate it. My pleasure. Now, earlier we were talking about the -7 upgrades that Hitachi has put into their excavators, but they've also put them into their wheel loaders. Chris, that is correct. Okay, guys. This is Chris. What do you do for Hitachi? I am the product manager here at Hitachi. Okay. For wheelers. And we have a -7 next to a -6. Correct. Let's look at the -6 first and then let's show them the differences. Are you good with that? Yeah, let's do it. But one of the main differences on the D6 machine is really the inside of the cab. So, we wanted to focus on comfort, and this is based off of feedback from our dealers and our customers. So, what we did is is we changed the booms uh you know, color design. so it's easier. Uh we made them so that way you have better visibility when looking out the cab. We also changed the inside of the cab to give you more room, more leg room. Uh ergonomics has been improved and the buttons have been placed up on the right B-pillar post to allow the operator to easy access to any of the functions that he needs on the wheel loader itself. So would you say a lot of the upgrades in the wheel loader would be in operator comfort or is there structural massive structural changes or no massive structure? There's slight changes to the structure as well. I'm testing you. Okay. Because I don't want to see massive structural changes in a piece of equipment. When Ford comes out with a brand new pickup truck, I'm

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