Caterpillar 5230 vs. Hitachi EX5500-6

5 reasons to buy Caterpillar 5230:

Clearance	1108 mm and 1100 mm	1 % more or 8 mm
Caterpillar track length	10325 mm and 9350 mm	9 % more or 975 mm

Maximum travel speed	2.5 km/h and 2.3 km/h	8 % more or 0.2 km/h
Bucket loader support width	1500 mm and 1400 mm	7 % more or 100 mm
Bucket loader specific ground pressure	153.1 kPa and 231.7 kPa	34 % less or 78.6 kPa

Upper structure clearance

3000 mm and 2450 mm

18 % more or 550 mm

Fuel Capacity

11300 l. and 5330 l.

53 % more or 5970 l.

Full power

2088 kW and 1096.2 kW

47 % more or 991.8 kW

Maximum excavation depth	4550 mm and 3800 mm	16 % more or 750 mm
Maximum digging radius	16600 mm and 10000 mm	40 % more or 6600 mm

Loading shovel operational weight

522000 kg and 318500 kg

39 % more or 203500 kg

Caterpillar track length on ground level	8174 mm and 7000 mm
Caterpillar track height	2260 mm and 2730 mm
Width between caterpillar tracks	6296 mm and 7400 mm
Height to cab upper part	7455 mm and 8600 mm

Maximum cut height

15000 mm and 18900 mm

2. Width between caterpillar tracks	6296 mm	2. Width between caterpillar tracks	7400 mm
4. Caterpillar track length on ground level	8174 mm	4. Caterpillar track length on ground level	7000 mm
5. Clearance	1108 mm	5. Clearance	1100 mm
7. Height to cab upper part	7455 mm	7. Height to cab upper part	8600 mm

14. Bucket loader support width

1500 mm

14. Bucket loader support width

1400 mm