offset digging

Digging with a ladder ditcher whose boom is displaced from the line of travel of the ditcher.

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The XT850 features a dual-pivot excavator system with a 260 degree total excavator sweep for wide offset digging capability.

Ditch Witch

Equipped with a 59-hp diesel engine, the versatile XT1600 is a ride-on unit that features a 260-degree excavator sweep that enables the operator to dig in multiple positions in confined spaces, including offset digging along walls, fences and buildings.

Ditch Witch

A special feature of the XT850 is its patent-pending 260[degrees] excavator sweep, which allows unprecedented offset digging capability from one point.

Ditch Witch[R]

Equipped with a 59-horsepower diesel engine, the versatile XT1600 is a ride-on unit that features a 260-degree excavator sweep that enables the operator to dig in multiple positions in tight job sites confined spaces, including offset digging along walls, fences and buildings.

The Charles Machine Works

Also, individual attachments may not be as productive as they are on a single function machine--for example, the offset digging component on a combination trencher-vibratory plow does not have the same production capability as a trencher-only machine.

Contractors, manufacturers offer rubber tire trencher productivity tips

The XT850's dual-pivot excavator system provides offset digging capability against a footing or wall and the ability to dig a number of trenches from one spot without having to move the unit.

Ditch Witch

The XT850 excavates like a mini-excavator, including offset digging, but can do a second task with the tool-carrier component without the need to change or add attachments.

Unique design creates compact excavator-tool carrier

Combined with a swing-boom and 360-degree circle rotation, the excavator is a versatile machine capable of offset digging in close quarters and excavating square holes.