Understanding Quick Couplers and Brands

that that's not a brand name. That's the generic term of what they call these. Steel wrist is the brand that we're going to be running today. Right. That's the one that we're partnered with. Okay. So that's the brand that you're going to be seeing in operation on today's job site. But these things have been around for 30 years in Sweden. They're different generations, but that's when the first ones came out. And I think it was one family that started off and they've actually fragmented a little bit. So, I know there's three or four companies who are designing them right now. This is our standard unit, one of them. This is a short swing ECR 145. This is a pin grabber quick attach. Okay. Uh, it's not the Volvo one. The Volvo has an S coupler that behind us is a steel wrist. It has a quick coupler. In fact, it actually has two. If you get up close to the front, you can take a look. You have the standard quick coupler used to drop your attachment and pick it up. Okay. And then you have a second one up here for the entire steel wrist itself. So if you got into a situation where you just needed absolutely all of the lifting ability or perhaps you just didn't need the rotating and swivel functions at the time, you could drop the bucket to one side, disconnect these two lines, move the electrical cord over, then you can drop the steel wrist itself and pick the bucket back up or another attachment. Okay. So, one thing that I want to point out that Matt said if you need all of the capabilities of the machine there is there was a little bit of controversy over losing some breakout force when you add attachments to the end of the boom arm. But what happens pretty quickly is the guys realize the advanced capabilities of the machine far outweigh a slight loss in breakout performance. I mean, and as a guy that I've ran excavators my entire life, there are times when that extra breakout force is