In June, a construction worker in Ohio was working in a trench when the bucket on a nearby excavator came loose and pinned him against a water line that was being installed. The 34-year-old father of ...

Excavator quick couplers come in many variations with different locking mechanism designs and features. They range from the most basic mechanical designs to sophisticated multi pin-grabber models that ...

Quick-coupling devices save labor and have made excavators more versatile. (Photo courtesy of Komatsu America Corp.) The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is considering updating an ...

The Caterpillar Fusion quick coupler moves the load’s center of gravity closer to the machine so that the loader performs much like it is using a pin-on bucket, with no change in tipping load. The ...

With no pin removal needed, the new Hydra-Lock (HL) quick coupler from AIM Attachments is designed to eliminate onsite man-hours and turn excavator attachment exchange into a single- person operation.