Rediscovering The Wheeled Excavator's Versatility.

Construction Equipment, April, 2005

By Walt Moore, Senior Editor This new Hyundai did everything professional operator Gene Held asked of it With more than 30 years in the International Union of Operating Engineers, Gene Held, an instructor at Local 150's Apprenticeship and Skill Improvement facility in Plainfield, Ill., is proficient on just about any type of construction machine.

But Gene's specialty is sharing his expertise with students learning to use backhoe-loaders and hydraulic excavators. So, it was to Gene we turned to help us evaluate a brand-new wheeled excavator that Hyundai kindly loaned us for this installment of Hands-On Earthmoving. Held told us that he had operated a wheeled excavator for nearly five years during a stint with a contractor, mostly setting sewer...

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