Contact Us BIG FLOAT – amphibious excavators designed for safety, reliability and performance Big Float is an innovative and unique tracked pontoon undercarriage that transforms your excavator into an amphibious machine. Some call it a marsh buggy, swamp excavator or floating excavator, it’s all the same. With a Remu pontoon undercarriage your excavator will have access to the most challenging environments. APPLICATIONS Where is Big Float used? On soft ground or in shallow water areas floating excavators on pontoon undercarriage are often the most effective machines. Big Floats can also be driven on solid land and with additional equipment they can safely operate on open water. Dredging & Silt-removal Removing aquatic vegetation & Weed control Restoration of wetland & coast lines Maintaining waste ponds Dredged material placement sites Dredging & Silt-removal Sedimentation is the continuous process of sand and silt washing downstream, gradually filling rivers, lakes, and other water bodies. Debris and trash can accumulate in waterways preventing natural water flow and leading to floods. Whether it is canal deepening or the restoration of natural water flow, flood prevention work or an after-storm clean-up, reclamation of silted up marinas or dredging boat berths – Big Float has been proven to be an efficient and safe piece of equipment, for operating both in shallow and open water. How is Big Float built? Remu manufactures and supplies the entire undercarriage conversion kit which replaces the standard excavator undercarriage with the Remu built pontoon undercarriage system. Assembly can be performed on site, no modification to the excavator upper body required. All excavator controls and the 360º working radius remain the same as with a conventional excavator. The Big Float is manufactured with high strength wear resistant steel for the best protection against external stress and impact. Each pontoon has five watertight compartments with manhole access on top of the pontoon. The carefully engineered geometry and dimensions of the undercarriage maximize its stability in all environments. Track System Utilizing standard excavator track chains and track rollers, provides an unbeatable service life of the wear components. Travel motors, coupled with planetary final drives, deliver high torque through drive sprockets directly to the track chains, eliminating the need for unreliable components. Adjustable Width Big Floats for excavators up to 22t class are designed with a hydraulically adjustable undercarriage width. The minimum width of fully assembled and operational amphibious excavator is only 3.0m - 3.5m (<10ft - <12ft), depending on the model. Open water An optional system of additional pontoons ensures safety whilst working in open water. Stability analysis and tipping load calculations have been carefully considered to meet the most stringent stability criteria. Hydraulically operated anchoring legs secure floating excavator to the bottom preventing it from drifting during operation. WHY CHOOSE BIG FLOAT? Q&A on our pontoon undercarriage Can you assemble any excavator on top of the Big Float pontoons? Yes, Big Float pontoon undercarriage can be assembled with almost any excavator brand upper structure (including Caterpillar, Komatsu, Volvo, Hyundai, Doosan, Hitachi, John Deere, JCB, Liebherr, Yanmar, Takeuchi, and Bobcat amongst others) which gives our customers the freedom to choose the brand they prefer. Customers can also choose to mount Big Float with used upper structures which gives them option to convert excavator from their existing fleet. Does it have enough power and grip to move around in mud and climb slopes? Does it float? Why do Remu use standard crawler tracks while other brands have a much more light weight construction? Where can I get spare parts? Is the operating cost high? What is the adjustable width and when would I need it? Is it safe to operate an amphibious excavator? MULTIPLE SERIES FOR EACH UNIQUE APPLICATION Big Float models BIG FLOAT E10 8-10 ton excavators GET DATASHEET BIG FLOAT E15 10-15 ton excavators GET DATASHEET BIG FLOAT E22 16-24 ton excavators GET DATASHEET BIG FLOAT E35 25-35 ton excavators GET DATASHEET WE DELIVER ALL OVER THE WORLD Remu has 25 years of experience in international trade and logistic processes. Our pontoons are designed to fit into sea containers which facilitates affordable shipping all over the world. When a machine is assembled in customers location, we can offer supervision services to ensure a smooth and safe assembly. RELIABLE PARTNER Our sales managers are happy to help you in several languages. We have extensive cooperation networks that help us to be present even in remote locations and we also cooperate with several excavator dealers. DOWNLOADS DATASHEETS Big Float E10 Download Big Float E15 Download Big Float E22 Download Big Float E35 Download BROCHURES BIG FLOAT Download PELLES AMPHIBIES ET DRAGUES Download AMPHIBISCHE BAGGER Download EXCAVADORAS Y DRAGADORAS ANFIBIAS Download ЭКСКАВАТОРЫ АМФИБИИ И ЗЕМСНАРЯДЫ Download BROSUR EKSKAVATOR DAN KAPAL KERUK AMFIB Download 水陆两栖挖掘机和挖泥船 Download Remu is a Finnish manufacturing company of Screening and Crushing Buckets & Big Float amphibious excavators. 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