The X4S ecosystem is already one of the best and most popular machine lines from Link-Belt Excavators, but its new 220- and 370-sized excavators feature some of the company’s most advanced features yet.
These advanced features include a payload system to measure bucket volume and prevent overloading, an alarm system that notifies the operator when the machine reaches a certain height and depth, a digital level that measures roll and pitch, and a Dynamic Stability Assist system.
“What Dynamic Stability Assist does is it’s essentially a large cushion that stabilizes the machine during dumping operations,” Tyler Garrity, dealer development specialist at Link-Belt Excavators, said to Equipment World’s Bryan Furnace. “Let’s say you get in a situation where the machine starts to get a little bit tippy. You can actually go into the monitor, and you can scale that, either turn it completely off—if you don’t want any type of cushion at all—or you can actually ramp that up and try to get as much stability as you need.”
Furnace said that stability assist could be a useful “safety net” that helps less-experienced operators, without getting in the way for experienced veterans.
“Everyone is starting to recognize the giant labor shortage that we’re coming across,” Furnace said. “You’re not getting all of these super-experienced operators in the seat. So, I do really appreciate that, as manufacturers, you guys are starting to build in a lot of these safeguards where we can throw some of these inexperienced operators in the cab, and we don’t have to worry about them rolling a machine off a hill or tipping into a truck. … But then I also love the fact that you guys have the option that, if you do get an experienced operator in the seat, … [they] can turn that feature off.”
Garrity also said that Link-Belt is rolling out additional improvements to many of their existing machines, including a redesigned cab, a fuel-saving eco mode, and more. For more info on all these updates, check out Furnace’s full interview with Garrity in the video above.
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