LiuGong Excavators Summarized — 2019 Spec Guide
The 9035EZTS Is a Zero Tail Swing Model Offering Two Cab Options
LiuGong North America’s parts distribution and corporate office located in Katy, Texas, opened for business in 2008. For 10 years, the focus was on conventional (non-reduced tail swing) excavators with nine models from 4- to 50-metric tons. With its focus now on a new generation of compact, reduced radius excavators, the same attention to quality and detail that LiuGong offers to its conventional excavators will now be available with its new compact 8,000- to 13,000-lb class excavator — the 9035EZTS. The 9035EZTS incorporates a zero tail swing design and has an operating weight of just 8,510 lbs.
The 9035EZTS offers two cab options. Standard open cab and a full enclosed cab both have TOPS and ROPS certification. The goal was to make a compact machine as stable as its larger excavators with easy access to maintenance points, comfortable access to the cab while not restricting the operator’s vision, arm or leg movement, as well as reduce the width of the upper frame to place the counterweight inside the track and undercarriage width. This required a lot of strategic engineering changes to relocate hydraulic pumps, motors, engine and hose routing, while keeping the excavator and major components open and accessible.
According to LiuGong, the 9035EZTS is unique in that it gives operators a comfortable, ergonomic cab environment with color LCD display and climate-control (with the optional enclosed cab) on a true zero tail swing machine. You can place its tracks right up against a tree or building without restricting the rear swing operation of the machine. On narrow roads, construction maintenance contractors have told LiuGong the 9035EZTS might even help save them the cost of shutting down an extra lane of traffic because the counterweight is not swinging into oncoming traffic.
The 9035EZTS also incorporates: durable floor mats that are easy to clean; pattern control changer as standard equipment; hammer/shear hydraulics and piping; a reliable Yanmar engine; the undercarriage incorporates a welded X-frame construction for long life durability that is designed to perform in the most challenging applications; parts, service and equipment you can trust; and load sensing and flow sharing hydraulic system.
The 9035EZTS also offers efficiency benefits including: low fuel consumption with a high-power engine; boom anti-drift functionality, which stabilizes the boom for precise operations; minimal kick-back in the swing for comfort, control and injury prevention; a simple engraving pattern changer from ISO to BHL for maximum productivity; compliance with EPA Tier 4 Final emissions requirements; and a blade float function as standard.
Credited with building China’s first modernized wheel loader, LiuGong has become one of the fastest growing full-line construction equipment companies in the world. LiuGong North America is responsible for sales and product support for all LiuGong distributed machines, including the Dressta product line and LiuGong forklifts.
Advice to Buyers
“The best advice before purchasing a compact excavator, whether used or new, is to have experience with the make and model first,” says Mike Watt, product manager with LiuGong. “If the manufacturer is new to you, or you’re not familiar with the model, why not rent it first? Just remember that a rental unit will not likely have all the options available for that unit, such as air conditioning in the cab.”
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