What We Do
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Over the Edge Excavating Ltd. owns and operates a Kaiser S2 mobile walking excavator, also known as a Spider or Spyder excavator. The Spider offers us the ability to safely access steep terrain in excess of 100%, environmentally sensitive terrain and terrain with limited access points; all while causing minimal environmental impact. We deliver solutions to challenges that a regularly equipped excavator cannot possibly provide.
We specialize in project work in all terrain that includes environmentally sensitive areas, excavation, creek remediation, hydraulic construction, vegetation management, rock breaking demolition all while causing minimal environmental impact.
The spider is engineered/designed to operate on terrain up to 100% and with the right safety precautions in excess of 100%.
The Spider excavator has a unique undercarriage that has “legs,” wheels and claws that can be manipulated to the terrain and landscape. This allows us to climb and descend steep uneven terrain, traverse along the sidehill of a slope, “step” around or over trees, stumps, rocks, barriers or vegetation and even stand in 1.8M of water. This also gives us the ability to “shrink” the machine to fit through narrow passages or widen it to span obstacles. The under carriage also allows the Spider to adjust its height clearance under and over structures such as bridges and barriers. The Spider also has a short boom with an extendable stick to work in tight areas but still achieve an 8.3M reach with the extension. It really is hard to explain all the possibilities of the Spider.
our equipment
The reason we choose the Spider as our equipment is the ability to change the machine to suit the jobsite, not change the jobsite to suit the machine.
Steep Terrain Excavation
Excavation, Trenching, Mechanical Scaling
Whether it is an excavation, trenching, backfilling or mechanical scaling, the spider is the machine for the job.
We specialize in excavation and trenching on slopes up to 100% and in locations that are inaccessible by conventional tracked equipment or located in environmentally sensitive areas.
Mechanical scaling is made easy with the spider and its exceptional climbing ability and hydraulic power, it’s built for this work. Where large boulders or fractured rock is too much for scaling by hand, the spider makes this work easy.
Habitat Construction
Habitat And Instream Work
Habitat Construction is something we take pride in at OTE. The spider with biodegradable lubricants allows us to access creeks and riparian areas to improve and create habitats while limiting our environmental impact and eliminating the risk of environmental contamination. In addition, the spider equipped with the grapple bucket excels at placing logs and rocks in any position in any location.
With the use of our spider and its biodegradable lubricants, it’s the perfect machine for instream works, Click for more info
OTE has built a reputation of safely completing in stream works including creek bank armouring, grade control structures, bridge abutment repair, log jam and beaver dam removal and creek remediation
Remediation and Demolition
Demolition, rock breaking, Remediation
Whether its concrete demolition, rock breaking or environmental remediation in those steep inaccessible locations, Over the Edge and the Spider excavator are the team for the job. The benefit of the spider is spending the majority of its time on the task at hand and not on building access. The spider is a powerful machine for its size and has a lead when it comes to carrying its attachments with the machine. We carry our Atlas Copco SB 452 hammer in a holster on the leg of the machine allowing us to access the jobsite with an additional attachment and having the hammer easily accessible when switching attachments.
Utility installation
Utility Trenching, Powerpole Installation and Cathodic Protection
Over the Edge has a strong experience working in utility installation in challenging locations. With experience in water main, storm and sanitary installations to power pole and transformer installs and augering to install anodes for transmission line towers. OTE also has the right equipment for backfill and compaction.
Extreme Access
Limited access, barge access or winch access
Over the Edge has a strong reputation in finding safe solutions for the most challenging projects where access seems impossible. The spider opens up possibilities that tracked equipment is not safely capable of or designed for. At Over the Edge we focus on coming up with the safe solution to the problem.
Landscaping
Rockwall and Hardscaping, Slope Grading and Vegetation Installation
Landscaping can sometimes be a challenge with hard to access areas. From slope grading, vegetation planting, rock walls and anything in between the spider is the perfect machine. With the ability to access any location and the list of attachments makes the spider the right machine for the jobs in those difficult locations.
Vegetation Management
Mastication, right of way clearing and Fuel Reduction
The Spider equipped with our mower/mulcher is the perfect combo for that steep uneven terrain that is only accessible by foot. The spider excels in all terrain and limits impact to the slope leaving vegetation for slope stability and focussing all machine time on the task at hand. Our mower mulcher can cut material up to 150mm and as small a bush and grass. The mower is always mounted with our power-tilt so we can evenly cut material on all uneven surfaces and drainage
Ski Industry
Construction, Maintenance, Drainage and Contouring
There is no better machine for the ski industry. The spider can efficiently perform ski hill maintenance allowing for a longer ski season. Over the edge offers many services for the ski industry from vegetation management and ski run construction to drainage and utility installation as well as excavation, demolition, rock breaking and any other task. The Spider is also the perfect machine for mountain bike trail construction, being able to climb and manuerve up the steep hills and tight areas while still being big enough to bulk material efficiently.