Here in Europe, the cradle of high-reach demolition excavator development, the evolutionary process has branched into two distinct development areas.
On the one hand, Dutch manufacturer and modifier Rusch seems determined to secure and maintain its place in the record books, producing machines that can reach ever higher, even though its 90 metre behemoth has barely turned a track in anger.
UK-based Kocurek Excavators Ltd, meanwhile, is concentrating its efforts on taking ever larger demolition attachments to heights in the 25 to 30 metre range.