• An excavator is a workhorse that can do a lot of construction jobs: digging, demolition, material transportation and grading. The Bobcat Company manufactures excavators and similar heavy equipment for the construction and farming industry, and one of this company's products is the Bobcat 323 RAM excavator. This excavator was released in 2005, and it has a compact design that helps it fit in tight quarters, including your backyard. You can rent or purchase this excavator from authorized Bobcat dealers.
  
  

Efficiency

• According to the Bobcat website, the Bobcat 323 features a piston pump as opposed to the older gear pumps. This helps the excavator dig deeper without putting added strain on the engine, and this helps improve overall fuel economy and extends the overall life of the hydraulic system. It also reduces your carbon dioxide footprint by reducing exhaust emissions. This excavator also features an auxiliary hydraulics system, which uses hydraulic fluid to move attachments, including the clamp, auger and hydraulic breaker.
  
  

Body

• The undercarriage on the 323 is retractable: it starts at 54 inches wide but you can reduce the size to 39 inches to fit the machine through smaller openings, including gates. This excavator features the G-Series cab, which features an adjustable suspension seat and a switch that helps you control the speed of the machine. The Bobcat 323 has a top speed of 2.4 miles per hour (mph), which is 30 percent faster than the Bobcat 333 model, and it features a dual speed mode. The cab also has a joystick to control the attachments and a blade control lever.
  
  

Excavating Specs

• The Bobcat 323 has digging depth of nearly 7 feet 6 inches deep, and it can reach up to 12 feet 10 inches high. It features 3,751 pounds per force (lbf), which is how much weight the bucket needs to move upwards or downwards. The arm also has its own breakout force, which is 1,996 lbf, and this helps you dig through sandy soils. The bucket attachments for this model range from 53 to 146 lbs. with a length of 15.5 inches and a height of 13.4 inches for all the bucket attachments. The width of the bucket ranges from 9.25 inches to 39.25 inches, and it features bolt-on edges. The ISO struck capacity ranges from 0.38 cubic feet to 2.08 cubic feet; ISO struck capacity refers to how much the bucket can hold. ISO heaped capacity is between 0.47 cubic feet and 3.07 cubic feet; this is how much heaped material that the scraper can hold.