Trenching

All Rockwheel cutting units are equipped with high-torque hydraulic motors and are designed so that the picks, which are mounted on the drums at an optimal angle can penetrate the material with maximum power. The cutting heads of the smoothly and quietly operating cutting units rotate at a speed that achieves outstanding results, ensuring a clean profile and precision cutting for a smooth flat bottom trench.

The width of the Rockwheel body is less than the dipper arm width so the depth of a cut trench is dependant only on the length of the excavator boom. As the depth of the trench increases the Rockwheel body then acts as a guide helping to reduce vibration. Rockwheels accurate operation helps to control excavation around existing services, preventing costly damage to buried utility cables.