Guides

Practical buying guides from KaiVoy: how to match excavator attachments to your machine, how formwork plywood is classified and priced, and what to check before you order. Written from our own product specifications.

• Excavator quick coupler types: S30, S40 and S45 explained — Manual, hydraulic and tilt couplers, and how our three coupler codes map to 1 – 8 t machines.
• Box broom vs angle broom: which sweeper fits your machine — One collects debris, the other throws it aside. Choosing between the two sweeper types.
• Skeleton bucket vs grapple bucket — Screening versus clamping: which attachment suits demolition cleanup, land clearing and recycling.
• Grading beam types for excavators — Fixed beams, rolling grading plates and laser controlled beams compared.
• Film faced plywood HS code and shuttering plywood buying guide — How formwork plywood is classified under HS 4412 and what drives the price.
• Mini excavator bucket sizes — Width, capacity and tonnage matching, from 430 mm buckets on 1 t minis to 800 mm on 8 t machines.