New Komatsu aims for velvet-glove control. (excavating machinery from Komatsu Construction Co. Ltd.)(includes related articles) (Field Test)
Construction Equipment, June, 1994 by Moore, Walt
Komatsu's next-generation Avance excavator exhibits a refined demeanor without losing any of the Dash-5's brute force
During the third week of April, Construction Equipment editors worked with Komatsu Dresser Co. to compare a new Avance PC200LC-6 (Dash-6) excavator with the machine it replaces, the PC220LC-5, a popular model in Komatsu's Dash-5 Series. Our Field Test report details the facts, figures, and observations we collected during the comparison.
Off in an undisturbed corner of a 200-acre quarry near Chattanooga, Tenn., we decided to play a game of sorts with an almost new (140 hours) Komatsu PC220LC-5 excavator. We wanted to see how level we could keep the upper tip of the digging arm as the bucket dug along the bottom of the trench. Doing so...
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