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At a special press event at its North American headquarters in Savannah, Georgia, Thursday, JCB unveiled a machine the company feels will “reinvent the marketplace” for compact excavators.
The new 100C-1 is a 10-metric-ton (11-ton) compact excavator and is the largest JCB has built to date. The machine has an operating weight of 21,458 pounds, a maximum bucket tearout force of 16,231 ft.-lbs. and a dipper arm tearout force of 9,510 ft.-lbs.
The machine is built on the frame of the 86C-1, an 8.6-metric-ton compact excavator introduced at ConExpo last year. However, the 100C-1 boasts a more powerful 74-horsepower engine, made by Kohler under JCB’s “JCB Diesel by Kohler” partnership which provides power for several models of the company’s compact equipment.
The 100C-1 has a rear overhang that, at 18 inches, is 4 inches larger than the 86C-1. The 100C-1 also has a 10 percent longer boom than the 86C-1 and more hydraulic capacity for higher levels of performance, said David Timmis, a JBC product specialist for compact excavators.
The longer equipment amounts to a maximum digging depth of 15 feet, a dump height of 18 feet, 6 inches and a reach at ground level of 24 feet, 4 inches, according to JCB specs.
