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Bury Your Competition with the Best Excavators on the Market Today

Bobcat Compact Excavators Easily Outperform Other Brands

Head to head, there’s no better compact excavator on the market today than Bobcat. With the only models manufactured in the United States, Bobcat compact excavators feature numerous advantages over other brands and conventional digging equipment.

Industry-leading features easily set Bobcat compact excavators apart from the competition. Bobcat excavators outperform other types of excavation equipment with 360 degrees of rotation for enhanced spoil placement and superior visibility. Gain more flexibility when working next to objects with 180 degrees of movement — versus 45 degrees with a backhoe loader. An independent boom swing permits off-set digging for trenching adjacent to existing structures.

An advanced hydraulic system delivers more hydraulic horsepower, resulting in faster cycle times and sustained breakout forces. Panoramic serviceability provides easy access to daily maintenance tasks to ensure they can be done quickly and correctly.

More Models, Selections
Match any one of 11 Bobcat compact excavators that fit your jobsite requirements, including conventional swing, Zero Tail Swing (ZTS) and Zero House Swing (ZHS) configurations. Bobcat ZHS excavators offer the most unrestricted rotation in the industry without sacrificing cab space. Three boom configurations are available on select models — standard-arm, long-arm and extendable arm — with dig depths from five to 14 feet.

Do More Than Dig!
Bobcat excavators aren’t just for digging and backfilling. Sixteen attachments are approved for use to maximize the excavator’s versatility, including breakers, augers, grapples, trenchers and plate compactors. The X-Change™ mounting system allows for quick attachment changes. Or switch them even faster with the available Hydraulic X-Change™ system with hydraulic pins that retract and extend with the push of a button, and then install the retainer pins. Operation of hydraulically operated attachment is simplified with Bobcat “fingertip” control, joystick-mounted auxiliary functions.

Continue reading about the many benefits of Bobcat compact excavators on the product page.