Wacker Neuson unveils new ET40 mini excavator

Wacker Neuson kicked off ConExpo via launching a brand new mini excavator: the 4-metric-ton ET40.

The compact excavator will get a redesigned cab that includes a 7-inch touchscreen show with customizable settings, keyless get started and ergonomic format to scale back fatigue.

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Coming in with an running weight of 8,907 kilos, the ET40 delivers 39.6 internet horsepower with its Yanmar 3TNV86CT diesel engine. Operators might be running with 7,980 kilos in breakout power and a most digging intensity with the lengthy stick of eleven.2 ft.

The ET40 and different excavators in Wacker Neuson’s next-generation lineup characteristic a four-position door, which permits operators not to handiest slide open the highest and backside of the windshield however slide all the piece as much as the ceiling of the cab for a fully open view.

The ET40 can also be configured with choices equivalent to coupler programs, auxiliary hydraulics and hydraulic thumb programs. A dozer blade with drift serve as comes usual.

The ET40, which is made at Wacker Neuson’s plant in Menominee Falls, Wisconsin, is ready to release this yr.

Redesigned Compartments, Increase Hose Structure

John Dotto, product utility coaching specialist at Wacker Neuson, says the ET40 caters to landscapers, application contractors, municipalities and suits smartly within the condo business.

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“[The ET40] is for any individual who is were given apparatus to haul a device this dimension, and they are on the lookout for a bit bit extra productiveness than you’ll get within the three-and-a-half-ton device,” he says.

One alternate operators will understand at the ET40 is the growth swivel and auxiliary hydraulic controls were moved from the ground into the joysticks. Operators may also in finding an digital over hydraulic dozer blade joystick, for which go with the flow charges can also be adjusted in the course of the touchscreen.

Dotto highlights the ET40’s advanced visibility and protection made imaginable via redesigned hose layouts at the growth.

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“You wish to have to verify you haven’t any obstructions to that entrance proper nook of the device, so you do not lose your house on a jobsite,” he says. “It is all about cleanliness of the routing of the hoses. We ensure that we stay issues up to we will within the sidewall construction of the growth, in order that we wouldn’t have snag issues outdoor.”

The ET40 has simple get admission to issues for day by day repairs, together with a redesigned fluid fill and take a look at compartment that in the past started with Wacker Neuson’s 2.5-ton compact excavators.

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“You’ve were given one compartment right here wherein you’ll get in your diesel, fill your hydraulic, fill your engine coolant and fill washing machine fluid,” he says. “You have got your major battery disconnect right here as smartly, after which your hydraulic sight glass is on the aspect. From a fluid viewpoint, the entirety’s underneath this one compartment, which is lockable.”

Contractors can go for a instantly or perspective blade at the ET40, which additionally comes usual with an built-in rear digital camera. Thumb choices also are to be had.

EZ35 Teased

Discussed in press fabrics however now not provide at ConExpo 2026 is Wacker Neuson’s minimal-tailswing EZ35 compact excavator.

This upcoming 3-metric-ton excavator will be offering a lot of the ET40’s new options together with a redesigned cab with a brand new touchscreen, four-position door and redesigned growth hose format.

Each the ET40 and EZ35 were constructed at the similar platform, permitting them to proportion the similar elements, running techniques and interfaces, which additionally simplifies operator coaching and long-term fleet possession, the corporate says.

Whilst the ET40 is nearing manufacturing, the EZ35 is ready to release later in 2026.