What is a long reach boom for excavators?

 Long reach boom is an attachment to an excavator with an exceptionally long arm that is used primarily for demolition and many other applications.It is the most popular extender,and is now also offered as a factory-installed option by almost every excavator manufacturer.

By choosing a longer arm, boom, your excavator can reach farther and dig deeper. This equipment is especially useful when the space is limited to, properly reposition the machine, such as to reach a slope.In addition to construction and mining sites, long reach excavator booms are also used for temporary projects such as digging river banks and other similar complex excavation tasks.

With structural grade tensile steel and heavy duty components, the long boom excavator boom can handle a variety of attachments for dredging, marine construction, surface mining, slope stabilization, demolition of buildings and structures, and other specialized projects requiring maximum reach and depth.

However, as its arm's length increases, the boom will lose some of its weightlifting ability and breaking power.Therefore,rather than being used to dig trenches, the long reach arm excavator boom is more often used to reach the upper levels of a building being demolished,and pull down the structure in a controlled manner.It has largely replaced the wrecking ball as the main demolition tool.

The main advantage of a long excavator arm boom is the accuracy and demolishing efficiency it offered.Equipped with long booms,an excavator can even be used to demolish very tall buildings.

The long boom allows the excavator to work in difficult and demanding work environments that other excavators cannot reach. This unique advantage gives it the reliability to handle any kinds of construction projects.




Specially designed for marble and granite excavation,the modern model of long reach excavator booms features a heavy-duty bucket that guarantees a long service life even in the toughest applications.The sturdy X-frame and reinforced arm make the boom provide greater stability when lifting and moving blocks sideways,making sure that it is suitable for various work needs.

Unlike regular excavator arms, long reach booms are designed with longer hydraulic cylinders to increase outreach and improve maneuverability.To keep high stability during heavy work, the excavator with long reach arm booms is equipped with a large counterweight to balance the weight of the long boom.Its also a possible way to help maintain some of the booms digging power.

A 20-ton excavator can be connected to a 15.5-meter long reach boom. Larger excavators can be connected with a longer arm boom. In general, a 30-40 ton excavator can use an 18 meter long arm, while a 50-55 ton excavator can use an 18-21 meter long arm.Equipped with these useful long reach attachments,an excavator can be applied to water works, port construction, river and lake dredging, metro works and other engineering tasks,thus improving its multi-function performance.

The only disadvantage of a long excavator arm is the complexity of the transport process.Because it comes in a longer size, the boom needs to be disassembled into smaller parts in order to be transported more efficiently.The counterweight also needs to be transported separately due to its heaviness. However, long reach excavator booms are still the primary choice for many excavation and demolition jobs.

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