Walking excavator specialists · BC · AB · SK
We start where others quit.
Spidex runs the Kaiser walking “spider” excavator — the machine that climbs 100% slopes, wades through 1.7 metres of water and treads lightly on ground no truck or tracked excavator can reach.
250-862-1651 Owner-operated · Domenic FreiThe spider in action
One machine built for the ground everyone else writes off.
Most excavating jobs are decided by access. If a conventional machine can’t get there safely, the work stalls. Our walking excavator changes that equation entirely.
Four independently adjustable legs let the spider stand level on a 45-degree slope, straddle a creek, or perch on a boulder field while it digs, lifts, mulches and scales. With a hydraulic winch, traction chains and interchangeable paws, it self-anchors on terrain that would defeat a tracked excavator — and it does it with a footprint light enough for alpine meadows and riverbanks.
- Maximum mobility on grades up to 100%
- Low ground pressure on sensitive terrain
- 18 attachments for one efficient mobilization
Specialized services
Hard-to-reach is the starting point.
Every job begins with access, ground conditions and environmental impact. The spider gives crews more options — long before a compromise becomes the plan.
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Utilities
Powerlines & Utilities
Pole installation and right-of-way work on terrain trucks can’t reach.
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Waterways
Hydraulic Construction
Creek crossings, bank stabilization and water work done in the water.
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Land Management
Fuel Modification
Wildfire fuel reduction and defensible space in the wildland interface.
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Specialty Work
Extreme Terrain
Maximum mobility on grades up to 100% and ground others won’t cross.
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Mountain Work
Ski Resorts
Alpine earthworks with the light footprint sensitive terrain demands.
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Residential
Landscaping & Site Work
Precise grading and feature work on properties access machines can’t.
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The Kaiser walking excavator
Engineered to reach. Built to last.
A 157-horsepower diesel, a six-metre digging depth and a chassis that walks on legs instead of rolling on tracks. These are the numbers that let us take on the jobs others turn down.
- Engine
- 157 HP
- Reach
- 8.2 m
- Wading depth
- 1.7 m
Perkins Turbo Diesel — 116.9 kW
maximum horizontal reach
in standing water
Safety & environment
Certified crews. Clean ground.
We work in watersheds, alpine parks and live utility corridors, so our standards are written for the places we operate. Spidex is COR certified and meets the Gold Shovel Standard for safe excavation, and the machine runs on fully biodegradable Panolin hydraulic fluid to protect the ground we’re standing on.
- COR & Gold Shovel certifiedAudited health-and-safety program and damage-prevention practices.
- Biodegradable hydraulic fluidPanolin Bio-Oil protects sensitive watersheds and soils.
- BC Hydro & ISNetworld approvedQualified for utility right-of-way and power-pole work.
Spidex completed the work efficiently and with little to no impact on the sensitive alpine terrain.
Get started
Have a site nobody else can reach?
Tell us about the access, the slope and the scope. We’ll tell you straight whether the spider is the right machine for the job.