Excavator Weight Chart: Operating Weight by Model

Excavator Weight Chart by Class

Each table is sorted from lightest to heaviest. Click a model for full specs, used prices and sell options. Weights come from the HeavyDutyYard equipment database; where a model has been checked against a manufacturer or dealer spec sheet, the last column links to it. They reflect typical published operating weights; counterweight, track shoes, cab and attachments change the real number, so confirm against the spec sheet for your serial number.

What Trailer Do I Need to Haul It?

Match the trailer's rated payload, not its gross rating, to the machine's operating weight plus anything riding with it. The ranges below are the payload ratings of the trailer models in our own data. Your truck's towing and combined weight ratings, and state permit rules for heavy loads, also apply.

In practice: most mini excavators ride on a gooseneck or tilt deck behind a heavy pickup. Compact and midi machines need a heavy gooseneck at the light end and a semi-trailer at the heavy end. Mid-size excavators move on flatbed, step deck or lowboy semi-trailers, and a lowboy's low deck helps keep a tall machine under height limits. Large and very large excavators go on multi-axle lowboys, often with the boom, stick or counterweight removed and with oversize or overweight permits.

For costs and how loads are booked, see how to ship heavy equipment and heavy equipment shipping costs.

Weight and Choosing the Right Size

Weight tracks digging depth, lift capacity and stability, but it also sets your transport cost and whether the machine can work on soft ground or near utilities. If you're deciding what to buy, what size excavator do I need matches sizes to jobs, and used excavator prices covers what each class costs. Selling one? The value estimator gives a starting range.

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