There are many projects that you find out your excavator with standard boom arm is unable to reach, For example, clay lifting in a foundation, ponds sediment clearing, long slope forming, all these applications are not a standard excavator can carry out. There are several solutions for your reference to solve this problem.
To invest a bigger excavator that has a larger working envelope, but when you think of the machine cost and fuel consumption, you will know that’s really not a good solution.
2, Positioning excavator on a appropriate platform if situation allows, the platform will be helpful to extend the excavator working range, I think many contractors often use this way if it is possible, for example putting excavator furnished with clamshell bucket on a high structure as a material handling excavator, which increase a lot the excavator loading height, that’s a big improvement for truck loading and operator also can have a better visibility.
3, Boom arm modification is a good solution to extend excavator working range.
(1)Long reach boom attachment is nowadays common used for project above mentioned, advantage of equipping a longer boom arm is that you have not need to invest a bigger excavator and it doesn’t cost you too much money, but under lever principle, bucket capacity need to be reduced to a smaller one to keep excavator balance, and sometimes counterweight is needed. It is also important to rightly configure long reach attachment , suitable boom arm length and bucket size will let your excavator go smoothly and work efficiently.
(2)Extension stick is a stick that can be added on the front end of the original stick, it can extend boom length around 2-6m according to machine size class, quick install and uninstall,
