Your Wacker Neuson ET90

Common jobs for the Wacker Neuson ET90

The Wacker Neuson ET90 weighs 9 tonnes and is a compact midi excavator for groundwork and utility. You get digging force without moving up in transport weight, which makes it nimble to move between jobs. On Swedish sites it runs pipe trenches, foundation work and drainage for contractors who want a machine that takes deep trenches but is still easy to trailer.

On a utility job the ET90 digs pipe trenches and lays services, on a foundation it digs out and grades. It loads spoil and takes lighter demolition with the right attachment. It is a machine that gives you midi force in a compact format, good for the firm moving between several addresses.

On the S45 hitch you fit a digging bucket, a grapple and a medium breaker, and the machine holds stability even when you lift heavy well out from the tracks. At 9 tonnes it carries medium attachments steadily, which makes it a reliable machine for utility and groundwork.

Buckets and attachments that fit the ET90

For a 9-tonne machine you choose a toothed bucket for excavation and pipe trench, a wide grading bucket for levelling and reinstatement, and a narrow cable bucket for tight trenches. On utility and groundwork jobs the narrow and wide bucket combination is what you use most through the day.

A sorting grapple belongs on the ET90 in demolition and material handling. It loads stone, pulls apart and sorts spoil. At 9 tonnes the machine carries the grapple steadily even a fair way out, which makes it effective when you clear up after demolition or load into a container.

All attachments run on the S45 hitch, the standard for the midi class. With the same hitch you swap quickly between bucket, grapple, breaker and auger drive and get more out of the machine day on a utility or foundation job.

Hydraulic breaker and heavy attachments for the ET90

A 9-tonne machine drives a medium hydraulic breaker for rock, concrete and frost. On utility jobs the breaker is often the attachment that gets you through rock in the pipe trench or old concrete without needing a bigger machine on site.

Check the oil flow against the breaker spec before you buy. The ET90 has the flow for a medium breaker, but it has to be matched to your machine hydraulics to hit right and last over time.

An auger drive is useful on the ET90 for post holes, footing piles and planting pits. The drive rotates and the auger bit is the part that sits in it, and you choose the size by the hole. On a midi machine it takes coarser holes without trouble.

S45 quick hitch and fit

The Wacker Neuson ET90 runs an S45 hitch, the standard coupler for the midi class. Check the attachments are listed for S45 before you buy. With a common hitch you build a set of attachments that all fit and that you swap quickly between tasks.

A tiltrotator can be fitted to the ET90 and gives the bucket more movement, which is worth it on utility and mixed groundwork where you work near services and edges. On pure trenching the money may do more on extra buckets and a good breaker.