With or without the rental houses buying, there's still considerable work for which sub-100-horsepower trenchers are positioned best. "Even though the housing is down, we see a lot of work in the ...

This nicely equipped Astec 660, with four-wheel steering, carries a trencher attachment, backhoe, backfill blade and, at the right rear corner, the company's Hydraborer, a horizontal-boring unit. The ...