Top 100: 15-tonner Has Independent Boom Swing

Takeuchi's 32,000-pound TB1140 excavator has a wide-angle independent boom swing normally seen on mini-excavators. It gives the machine maximum dump height of 20.4 feet, maximum reach of 28 feet 1 inch, and the capability to dig an 8-foot flat-bottom trench at 17 feet 2 inches. It can offset dig 77 degrees left and 52 degrees right. Bucket breakout force is 22,188 pounds. Powerplant is an 83.4-hp Isuzu turbo diesel. Estimated list price: $130,000.