What kind of controls does an excavator use?
What kind of controls does an excavator use? In Australia Excavators are almost all SAE and Backhoes (traditional controls) are ISO. However newer Backhoes with excavator style joysticks offer both styles. In the SAE control pattern, the left hand controls swing (left-right) and dipper (in-out), and the right hand controls the boom (up-down) and bucket (curl-uncurl). What kind of controls does a John Deere backhoe use? When using ISO controls (excavator controls or John Deere controls), the right-hand controls the stick and bucket motions; the left-hand controls the swing and the boom. SAE controls (backhoe controls or CAT controls) are...