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loaders. Its compact crawler excavator
lineup includes seven models below
174 hp (DX60R, DX80R, DX140LC,
DX180LCR, DX225LC, DX235LCR
and DX255LC). The compact wheeled
excavators have four machines in the
same power range (DX55W, DX140W,
DX190W and DX210W), while the
smaller wheel loader series features
the DL200, DL200TC, DL220, DL220,
DL250 and DL250TC, which are all
below 174 hp.
The Terex AWP business segment, which
covers the Genie booms and scissor lifts,
telehandlers and Terex light towers, has
a good understanding and capability in
hybrid technology based on its experience
with all-electric lift equipment, electrical
components and circuitry, along with its
recently introduced AL- 5 hybrid light tower.
While considering hybrids, the company
emphasized they would be a complement to
its Tier 4 lineup rather than a replacement.
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compact size of the equipment,” said
Chris Knipfer, segment application
marketing manager at Bobcat. “Ideally
you don’t want to change the core
design of your machine. You want to
make sure things like safety and visibility are maximized. And, the components we are adding to the machines
to comply with interim Tier 4 fit inside
the current package.
“Manufacturers are going to try very
hard to contain the additional com-
ponents inside the machine because
it looks a lot better and because the
applications these machines are work-
ing in are not very conducive to having
something hanging off of them. We’re
trying to contain everything we can,
such as tube lines and hoses, because
if it is snagged, it’s going to get wrecked
in some type of application. So it’s our
goal to confine everything we can.”
Doosan Infracore Construction
Equipment America echoes that senti-
ment throughout the 75 to 174 hp end of
its equipment line of 51 to 173 hp crawl-
er excavators, 55 to 161 hp wheeled
excavators and 143 to 163 hp wheel
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