Road Travel, Dynamic Stability, and Independent Boom Control

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The Time my Truck Driver Tried to run an Excavator.....at the wrong time

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This step highlights the practical mobility of the wheeled excavator. It demonstrates the machine driving on public roads, emphasizing its ability to move between job sites without a separate transport trailer. Key functional advantages are highlighted, including the ability for the boom to move independently of the main body, offering greater flexibility. The 'floating axle' system is also demonstrated, where the machine's axles actively adjust to uneven terrain (like a sidewalk) to maintain a level chassis, providing stability which can then be locked for operational precision during work.

Goal: Understand the excavator's self-transport, articulation, and stabilization features.

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Volvo EW60E Wheeled Excavator Volvo — Demonstrating road travel, boom articulation, and axle stabilization

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it out. So, let's get going. Test out the driving capabilities of a machine by having it delivered to your actual job site. So, I had it delivered 5 mi away from where it had to go. I mean, come on. What good is an excavator with wheels if you don't test out the wheels? So, this travels down the road like a TLB, but it operates like an excavator, meaning you have 360° ability to go around in a circle over and over again. So, this is kind of like a hybrid combination of both. and gives you the digging power, capacity, and functionality of an excavator, but the ability to cruise down the road, get from one job site to the next job site, just like a TLB. So, what he's showing you right now is it does have the capability to not only rotate, but just like a TLV, the boom can move independently of the body. So, the project that I specifically lined up to test out this Volvo excavator was a small demolition on an asphalt parking lot. I was not allowed to leave even a mark or a bruise on that asphalt, but I had to remove that entire building and then there was a thick concrete slab beneath it that also needed to get lifted up and hauled away. And I thought this might be a good test of the power and capabilities of this excavator. All right. So, I want you to watch these two front axles. They float independently. As he comes on the sidewalk, you're going to see that this side goes up. Okay. Right there. You can see where that this has come up. Now what's happening is the machine is a is leveling itself out so that the operator is stable. He can now hit a button inside the cab and that locks everything in place. This is very similar on a TLB when you put your downriggers down and you lock in place. This is kind of like the same thing. All right. Now watch as he backs off. This tire is going to actually float in the air because it's locked to this terrain. Go ahead. Come on. Get close. You can actually see that tire because it's locked. [Music] Yep. So now he just unlocked it and that's how this machine stabilized itself and it contours to the ground so that when you're in it you don't feel tippy.

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