Top 5 BIGGEST Excavators in New Zealand

We round up the 5 biggest mining excavators in New Zealand — earthmoving giants so massive you have to see them to believe them. From gold and coal to aggregate, these machines are the backbone of mining across the country. Chances are you’ve never heard of some of these monster earthmovers before!

In this video you see these massive excavators at work and learn about:
History of the 5 largest excavators in New Zealand
The rarest Cat excavator, the Cat 5230B excavator
Where these massive machines are located on the islands
What these machines mine (gold, coal, aggregate/rock)


Big thank you to C&R Developments, OceanaGold, Doug Hood Mining, TerraCat, Bathurst Resources, Komatsu NZ, and Winstone Aggregates for helping us with access to site and providing history/archival photos.

Excavators featured in this video: Cat 5130B Cat 5230B, Hitachi EX1900, Hitachi EX3600, Komatsu PC2000, Komatsu PC4000

Time Code:
00:00 - 01:20 Intro
01:20 - 05:32 Cat 5130B
05:32 - 08:34 Hitachi EX1900
08:34 - 14:15 Hitachi EX3600 Electric
14:15 - 16:03 Cat 5230B
16:03 - 18:00 Komatsu PC4000
18:00 - 18:50 Outro
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