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Knight Division TacticalDoes KDT provide excavators with operators?
Excavators
Yes.
KDT provides excavators with qualified operators: Type 1–4 tracked excavators with a hydraulic thumb or clamshell for wildfire work, and machines from mini to large for hurricane debris, spill recovery and hazmat sites.
Typical configuration
- Wildfire Type 1
- 160+ HP, 50,000+ lb operating weight
- Wildfire Type 2
- 111+ HP, 30,000+ lb operating weight
- Wildfire Type 3
- 81+ HP, 20,000+ lb operating weight
- Wildfire Type 4
- 60+ HP, 15,000+ lb operating weight
- Wildfire setup
- Crawler mounted, with hydraulic thumb or clamshell
- Other incidents
- Mini (about 2–6 tons) to large machines; bucket, thumb, grapple, breaker, rake
- Transport
- Trailer or lowboy, depending on size
An excavator digs, lifts, sorts and loads, and with the right attachment it does far more. After a hurricane or flood, excavators sort and load debris, clear culverts and pull wreckage. At spills and hazmat sites they dig trenches, sumps and containment.
For wildfire, KDT sends crawler-mounted hydraulic excavators wet with an operator, with a service vehicle included and mileage paid for transport, and every one carries a hydraulic thumb or clamshell. Typing uses both net horsepower and operating weight: Type 1 is 160+ HP and 50,000+ lb, Type 2 is 111+ HP and 30,000+ lb, Type 3 is 81+ HP and 20,000+ lb, and Type 4 is 60+ HP and 15,000+ lb.
KDT supplies excavators operated, with fuel and maintenance included, or as bare rentals, with the attachment set for the job. For hurricane, spill and hazmat work we also supply mini and compact machines and long-reach units, sized to the site.
Available as
- Type 1–4 excavators with thumb or clamshell (wildfire)
- Mini and compact excavators (hurricane, spill and hazmat sites)
- Large excavators with grapple for debris loading
- Long-reach excavators for ditches and waterways
What's included
- Qualified operator with the machine
- Service vehicle, as the wildfire rate includes
- Delivery, moves on the incident and pickup
- Attachments matched to the task
- Repair or swap-out if a machine goes down
Where it's used
- Wildfire line in steep or rocky ground
- Hurricane and flood debris sorting and truck loading
- Clearing culverts, ditches and drainage
- Trenches, sumps and containment at spill sites
- Excavation and loading of contaminated soil at hazmat sites
Questions, answered.
Does KDT provide excavators with operators?
Yes. We supply excavators with a qualified operator, fuel, maintenance and the attachments the job needs.
How are excavators typed for wildfire?
By net horsepower and operating weight together: Type 1 is 160+ HP and 50,000 lb, Type 2 is 111+ HP and 30,000 lb, Type 3 is 81+ HP and 20,000 lb, and Type 4 is 60+ HP and 15,000 lb. Our wildfire excavators come with a hydraulic thumb or clamshell.
What size excavator do I need for debris removal?
Debris loading usually calls for a mid-size or large excavator with a grapple. For tight residential lots, a compact machine works better. Tell us the site and we'll match it.
Need it on your incident? Say the word.
Add it to your request with anything else you need, then send it all at once. We'll come back with what we can put where, and when.