What is the difference between a tracked excavator and a wheeled excavator?

Crawler excavator and wheeled excavator advantages and disadvantages:

First, the wheeled excavator is easy to move, mainly in the city to do some small projects, municipal use more. Can not work in a very soft place. Wheeled generally do some simple work in the concrete, lawn, generally will not damage the road surface Crawler is a tool that the project has, will crush the road surface. Wheeled use is not as extensive as tracked use, wheeled excavator use by the environment, there are certain limitations, can only do a little work, tracked excavator, basically what work what environment can be adapted.

Second, the crawler excavator can not drive on the highway, but can work in the muddy places, will not be trapped in the machine, machinery is also relatively large, the efficiency is also higher than the wheeled. Crawler hydraulic excavator has a difference, but also has a connection.

The relationship is:

1.crawler hydraulic excavator including backhoe crawler hydraulic excavator and positive shovel crawler hydraulic excavator.

2.backhoe excavator including backhoe crawler hydraulic excavator and backhoe wheeled.

In engineering construction, do not need to use the wheeled excavator wheels, there is a special transport vehicle, and if the site is walking, honestly, as far as I'm concerned, I think the crawler excavator is better.

Crawler excavator advantages are mainly concentrated to the chassis:

Advantages: because of the grounding area is large, so in the mud, wetlands and other easy to get stuck in the place is better, because the excavator itself weighs more, so this makes the excavator can go to a wider range of places, in addition to the track is a metal product, in the mines or working conditions in the bad place is also able to do, cross-country ability.

Disadvantages: relatively speaking, the investment is larger than the wheeled, in addition to the mobility is not good, the highest design speed of 5-7KM / H, long-distance movement depends on the truck.

Wheeled excavator

Advantages: small investment, fast speed, general speed can reach 40-50KM/H.

Disadvantages: narrow scope of use, mostly road or city projects, can not enter the mine or muddy area, poor climbing ability. So now most of the excavator customers choose to tracked-based.

Crawler excavators and wheeled excavators have their pros and cons, and the choice can be made according to different industries.