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Versatile digging from Bobcat

Bobcat's new 8tonne class E80 excavator is said to offer high performance as well as fuel efficiency, durability, operator comfort and easy serviceability. The maximum digging depth of the E80 is 4.15m, the maximum dump height is 4.72m and the maximum reach is 7m, although a longer dipperstick is optional.
February 29, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Bobcat's new 8tonne class E80 excavator
1130 Bobcat's new 8tonne class E80 excavator is said to offer high performance as well as fuel efficiency, durability, operator comfort and easy serviceability. The maximum digging depth of the E80 is 4.15m, the maximum dump height is 4.72m and the maximum reach is 7m, although a longer dipperstick is optional. Features include a boom safety valve and overload warning device, as well as low noise levels in the high comfort, high visibility cab. Power comes from a 40.4kW 7139 Yanmar diesel, which meets noise and exhaust emission requirements. The dipperstick cylinder is said to deliver extra excavating force and jack up performance, while the swing bracket and the size of the boom swing cylinder ensure powerful and stable boom swing

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