As they were with excavation and road building contractors (reported in February and March), excavators are the top financed machine of choice in the sewer/water segment in both new and used equipment, ranging between 21 to 25 percent of the total financed new machines for this sample in the past 5 years.
In the top new machine type chart below, the 2,165 excavators financed were more than double the backhoes, in the No. 2 position at 1,097 units. The gap between excavators and backhoes becomes even larger when looking at financed used units: 3,035 excavators to 1,248 backhoes.
The top used financed machines for this segment mirror the top new buys, with the exception of Class 8 trucks, which at 822 units and 5 to 8 percent of the total number of used machines purchased has a much stronger showing on the used equipment list than on the new equipment list.
In addition, two machines appear on the used equipment list that do not appear on the new list: single-drum vibratory compactors and motor graders. Also, horizontal drills, a key production machine, do not appear on the top used list.
