重機

That would make a kawaii Decepticon...

Imagine a Loli/Shota Devastator... XD

Space efficient. =D

still using the big one here

かわいい〜

The title reminds me of the landmates in AppleSeed ExMachina...but oh well, looks small and cute ^_^

I've driven one of those compact excavators before - It was at some country fair... many years ago

No doubt. the japanese like things compact.

Problem is.. thats nice an small.. for nice an small jobs.
If you have some serious digging to do.. yeah, that just won't cut it.. get out the big an yellow ones! They will get the job done

It must saves a lots of space ^^

The ones over here are huge and clunky and take up a lot of road...

Also have huge yellow ones here in Singapore ^^; Amazing how its so small and still does the job as well as the big ones. Looks cute too!

Ours are yellow, large and slow. Highly annoying if you need to pass because your behind it and everyone passes from behind >.<

小さいですよね！ It's so tiny!!

The smaller they are the more expensive it usually is ^^;

Big yellow ones here in Ontario as well. Japan sure is good at working around their small space.

yep yellow ones seem to be the standard, though like the compact size of this one ^-^

The electrical wires hanging just barely above the construction vehicle looks very scary >_<!!!

I'm amazed the little truck holding it isn't looking bothered at all. =D

Seems like a really ingenious design.

seen plenty of those her colored red and orange, but majority are the big yellow ones on back of large trucks

I never thought I'd use cute to describe a construction vehicle... but this is one exception. I like the big bulky yellow construction vehicles though. They serve nicely for destructive purposes ^^

Ahhhh its so small~~
And here we mainly have yellow bulky construction vehicles as well but its amusing to see one driving alongside you in traffic.

the fire engines in japan are so cute and tiny :P I guess it's to access the smaller roads/streets?

Hahahahahahaha yeah they look cute look like toys. Here we have the yellow huge ones you saw in the UK they need special trucks to transport them o.o

Hehe. Those are precious little things. I think the big mommas and daddies over here should go on a diet to more resemble their Japanese counterparts. We need more cute and less in your face over here methinks...and if we have to settle for construction equipment...er...well I guess it's something...

Heh, American construction vehicles are really huge and look like something Al Gore would hate.

look up Case Construction, they have the best and i mean the best gear of all.
they have alot smaller vehicles then one would think possible. but the best part is it reliability, nothing comes near it.
the only bad thing i can say about it is the paint job sucks, not enough epoxy base way to thin.

Really cute and very nice color.

Saw one at south luzon expressway.. though it was color blue.
There were even "tiny" Rollers. The ones being pushed instead of driven.

I supposed Japan doesn't really anything bigger than that ^^;

I love the small vehicles, they're so cute~!
Haven't seen many small vehicles apart from cars, and that was in Argentina when I went earlier this year, lots of Fiats!

all we have are guys at the back of a truck with hammers and lunch LOL

Actually, you can hire the smaller earth movers here in Australia as well, because like DC said, they are relatively easy to transport around.

I bet it has an avatar + name like... Dotto-tan or something.

I need one for my backpack... just in case!!

This really is a mobile version. Nothing cumbersome, fitting right into the narrow streets.

Western people are always huge and big size!
See Optimus Prime lorry...==
Can fit 2 lanes in my country road...
While Eastern are always cheap, small,efficient =
can use in anywhere in the world..cuz it can fit any size.

They're still using the big yellow ones here in Sweden as well. They're usually really slow too so they're always in the way of everything =/ We need to learn from the Japanese, once again.

DO people living in tokyo suburbs see alot of old houses being pulled down and new development going up?
Im my old home townwich has house typically 40 years old, each week i see my folks its almost like another house is gone and reduced to just land... ready for a new house.
I did see some of this in japan last time... just wondering how much of it goes on?

Paul

They are so very tiny compared to our massive JCB's lol.

In Poland we use this big ones as well as the tiny ones. I think it depend on situation, and space which can we waste for vehicles...

Small is handy and good but not ok for a job like this:
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/090720/10905304671_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

Many of this size are appearing in Italy too, in the last few years, they are better suited for ligth jobs and Italian landscape than bigger ones

I think I've seen those here too.

Sudden thought: Maybe China would make red ones..:P
Random random

Small & portable around Japan streets & still powerful enough to do it works~~~

Awww, pocket sized demolition vehicles! (well, almost)

Singapore's construction vehicles are a mix of all shapes and sizes, though that is the most open seat I've seen yet.

It can't be a construction vehicle if it ain't big and yellow! LOL XD

Cute (!?)... >< but small indeed. ^_^

The big machines are still used here in the states and there are even bigger ones used in some of the mining interests but these smaller machines are being used now as well. The primary street that I live off of has been under a major renovation and widening effort for the last year and you can find all sizes of dozers and back hoes and cranes in use.

Wow, thats quite tiny compared to the ones down my road which are working on new homes and roads.
We in UK still use those Yellow and red (uncommon) ones. The lil diggers are quite small bu not as small as the one in Japan.

The ones I spotted recently are similar to these or exact:
- Backhoe Loader
- Micro Excavator
- Compact Excavator
- Multi Purpose Vibratory Compactor
- Double Drum Vibratory Roller

See them here: http://www.jcb.com/products/machinerange.aspx

Nice Yellow machines! XD

Cant do big construction with small size like that, gotta have big engine, strong lifting power.

I do wish the UK's came in different colours. Even having advertisements on the side would liven them up...

Pretty compact indeed....i wonder is there any around here as well?...

So that's where they got the inspiration for those little toy construction vehicles! I always wondered why they made toys like that when I was a kid, since all I saw were the big ones over in Canada. xP

The weird thing is how often I see these locally.... and I am in the center of North America...

I saw one of this tiny vehicles today, but it was a bulldozer not a digger and it was white ^_^.

Probably since it needs to get around in some of the smaller streets?

seen smaller than that, my mate's dad has one in his backyard

LOLOL XD thats so small~!! here in Canada its all MASSIVE

Ohh, Kawaii!!! (>^_^)> Kochi,Kochi...

I would rather that then these stupid huge machines over here in america, especially when theyre on the road and decide HEY IM GOING TO BLOCK MORE SPACE SO YOU CAN GET THROUGH HAHAHAHA

I think it depends a bit on the power. but some space is very important!
even in my native island there are huge and yellow.
strange, considering that my island is only 4km square... ^_^"

Yet another example of Japanese fascination with making everything small and cute.

Yeah... huge and noisy.

Those little ones (trackhoes) are cute but are mostly for putting in water lines and landscaping. Tough you could do light demolition with them.

The reason we have the big yellow ones is to get things done in a timely manner. You couldn't use one of the small ones to put in a sewer system. They don't have the reach to get down sometimes over 25 feet (7.62m), nor do they have the strength to lift the pieces of the manholes and place them. You could build a storm pond with a little one but lets get serious with a 1/3 cubic yard (.25 cubic meter) bucket on a small one versus a 3 cubic yard (2.29 cubic meter) bucket on the larger models, who will be done first.

Everything is designed with a purpose. The big ones for serious dirt moving. The little ones for more domestic type work.

But they are fun to play with. ^^

I think it depends on the use. A small vehicle would do small works. Also the brand determines the color, heard many times the yellow CAT (from the Yellow color used by Caterpillar).

Can remember where or when, neither which was the name of these multipurpose truck.
It was just small, 3 persons can be on the cabin. It was small but it had so many add ons, that can be easily connected to the engine. I barely remember it, neither if it was german or russian. But when I saw it (on TV of course), thought I want a car like that! =P~

Also... dunno if its correct but Danny-san comments made me remember racist jokes =/
I'm bad bad bad bad. =(

I've actually driven that thing a couple of times, and all I can say about it is LOL. The thing is capable of inflicting massive damage inspite its size- especially with the jackhammer attachment.
I also drove a 1/1 scale bulldoser as well... Now THAT was fun! ^w^

just remember when I was kid I collect miniature construction vehicles !

日本語だとショベルカーですね。

We got those over here. They're often used by private light duty contractor's or private owner's for work. Rarely have I seen them being operated by large scale operations due to the limitations of the machine. I have seen them being used for burrying undergorund powerline through lawns and other places where minimal disturbance of the ground is needed though mostly they are used in the cemetaries over here.

"Have always thought how cute n small..."

Isn't that definition of Japan lol, cute and small pretty much defines a huge portion of japanese culture. ^^

小さくて軽いのに「重」機ｗｗｗｗｗ
まぁこんな小さいのは結構最近作られた物だから
重機って言葉と現実が乖離しててもしゃーないわな。

I love the Macross F Luca Unit color ;)

That is small, how is that going to block up the road and make me late.

The ones here are yellow and big too. It's horrible living in an area where there's construction going on. The traffic is a killer.

roflamo This picture is priceless. (^_^)

So space efficient and portable. In where I'm living there are still using those big yellow ones.

Here in Korea some construction vehicles are cute and small too but we also have big orange and yellow ones made from hyundai and Daewoo ^____^

I love the volvo and komatsu construction vehicles, the volvo one are classy and elegant they do not make a loud noise its like a very light sound until they load the dump trucks. ^___^ i am also a fan of the huge container stackers made by kalmar but i dont think a container stacker is a construction vehicle the kalmar stackers are LOUD!!!!!!!!! ^__^