In June, a construction worker in Ohio was working in a trench when the bucket on a nearby excavator came loose and pinned him against a water line that was being installed. The 34-year-old father of ...

Excavator quick couplers come in many variations with different locking mechanism designs and features. They range from the most basic mechanical designs to sophisticated multi pin-grabber models that ...

Quick-coupling devices save labor and have made excavators more versatile. (Photo courtesy of Komatsu America Corp.) The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is considering updating an ...

Wedgelock quick coupler’s patented back-up locking system, I-Lock, engages the front attachment pin without requiring a machine operator to activate the main locking mechanism. The system has a ...

With no pin removal needed, the new Hydra-Lock (HL) quick coupler from AIM Attachments is designed to eliminate onsite man-hours and turn excavator attachment exchange into a single- person operation.