The Eskridge "Big Daddy" Digger premiered at ICUEE 2003

Eskridge established its roots in the utility industry by providing over 32,000 diggers for installation on digger derricks over the past 20 years. At this year's ICUEE, September 23 through 25, Eskridge introduced the new “big daddy digger.” It is rated at 83,000 foot pounds of torque, nearly 7 times the capacity found on typical digger derricks.

“Our customers are finding new and innovative ways to use our products to increase productivity,"said Ron Broockerd, technical sales, Eskridge.

"Many of our customers install our diggers on existing backhoes or excavators." he said. "This improves job site mobility, increases reach and provides faster point-to-point cycle time when compared to rail diggers or pressure diggers."

In addition to displaying the actual digger at ICUEE, we showed a short video of the Big Daddy at work.

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