Equipment
The Kaiser walking excavator, attachment by attachment.
Legs instead of tracks, eighteen attachments, and a footprint light enough for alpine meadows. This is the machine behind everything we do.
In this section
Explore the equipment.
The spider
A wheel-and-leg chassis that stands where it can’t roll.
Four hydraulically controlled legs end in wheels, paws or claws. The machine plants each one independently — levelling itself on slopes, spanning ditches and gripping rock — then digs, lifts and reaches like a conventional excavator from a platform nothing else could hold.
A 157-horsepower Perkins turbo diesel drives it all, with up to 8.2 metres of reach and 6 metres of digging depth. It’s precise enough for finished landscaping and strong enough to set power poles and place rip-rap.
- Engine
- 157 HP
- Operating weight
- 9,980 kg
- Lifting capacity
- 5,500 kg
- Reach
- 8.2 m
- Digging depth
- 6.0 m
- Break-out force
- 92 kN
- Wading depth
- 1.7 m
- Fuel use
- ~9 L/hr
Perkins Turbo Diesel — 116.9 kW
and up, depending on attachment
maximum
maximum horizontal reach
maximum below grade
maximum
in standing water
average consumption
What sets it apart
Numbers that decide which jobs are even possible.
- 100% Grades
Works with full mobility on slopes up to 100% — roughly 45°.
- 1.7 m Wading depth
Crosses and works in standing water up to 1.7 metres deep.
- 18 Attachments
One platform, swapped on site for digging, lifting, mulching and more.
- ~9 L Fuel per hour
Efficient diesel consumption keeps remote work practical.
The toolkit
Eighteen attachments. One trip to site.
Each one bolts on in the field, turning the spider from an excavator into a mulcher, a crane, a breaker or a compactor — whatever the next task demands.
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Mulcher
Heavy vegetation control — brush to standing timber, processed on the spot.
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Mower
Light vegetation control for grass, trails and corridor maintenance.
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Hydraulic Breaker
Point or chisel inserts for rock, concrete and frost.
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Grapple Bucket
360° rotatable for sorting, loading and placing material.
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Clean-Up Bucket — 120 cm
Wide wrist-twist bucket for grading and debris removal.
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Digging Bucket — 100 cm
Wrist-twist excavation bucket for general earthworks.
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Digging Bucket — 60 cm
Narrow wrist-twist bucket for trenching and tight work.
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Crane Jib
Reaches up to 42 ft for precise lifting and placement.
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Hydraulic Winch
Self-anchoring pull for work in extremely steep terrain.
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All-Terrain Paws
Spiked feet that stand the machine stable on steep, rough ground.
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Swamp Paws
Broad feet with flotation characteristics for soft ground.
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Traction Chains
Added grip for difficult, slick and loose terrain.
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Rail Dolly
Clears and travels track at any location — up to 12 km/h.
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Pallet Fork
Loads and unloads where no forklift can reach.
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Hoe Pac
Plate compaction for trenches, slopes and backfill.
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Weight Scale
On-board load weighing for accurate material handling.
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Pole Tamper
Sets and compacts power poles to spec.
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Transport Sled
Moves the spider behind a snow cat into winter terrain.
Safety & environment
Built for the places that can’t afford a mistake.
We operate in live utility corridors, drinking-watersheds and protected alpine terrain. Our certifications and our equipment are chosen to match.
- COR Certified Certificate of Recognition — audited health & safety program.
- Gold Shovel Standard Best-practice certification for safe excavation and damage prevention.
- ISNetworld Member contractor — verified compliance and safety records.
- S-100 Fire Suppression Wildland fire suppression and safety certification.
- Emergency First Aid Current occupational first aid certification on site.
- BC Hydro Approved WPP and A&B Worker Protection Practices for utility work.