Ditch Witch Zahn: Dedicated Versatility

摘要

About a year ago, CE editors borrowed an XT 1600 from Ditch Witch and placed it in the capable hands of professional operator Scott Mennenga, an instructor at the Local 150 (Operating Engineers) training facility near Joliet, Ill. Mennenga was favorably impressed with the machine, which is designed to combine the capabilities of a mini-excavator with those of an attachment-handling compact track loader. The design challenge with the XT1600, said a Ditch Witch engineer with whom we worked, was to enable it to function competitively with any dedicated machine that it might replace. Compromises are inevitable when trying to make a machine do multiple jobs, he said, but quickly added that Ditch Witch worked hard to minimize those areas in the XT 1600.