Bobcat 331E

Key Specifications

Model: Bobcat 331E (D-series, “E” refers to Extendable arm feature)
Unit size / class: 4 ton class, compact sized mini-excavator
Access – width: 60″ wide – overall machine and tracks width
Maximum dig depth: 13 feet (154″)
Tail swing type: conventional tail swing

Additional Model Specs

Engine / power: 41hp 4 cyl diesel (Kubota V2203); Tier 2, non-DEF/DPF (exempt, under 75 hp)
Lift capacity (specs as published by mfr*): 2,416 lbs
Performance: hydraulic pump output: 15.9 gpm (aux hyd)
Bucket breakout force: 7,000 lbf
Machine weight / height to top of cab/canopy: 8300 lb; 93″ to top of cab
Maximum bucket dumping height: 134″

Standard Features

Controls: selectable operator patterns: SAE (“Deere”)/ISO (“Cat”) control pattern switch
Tracks: rubber
Backfill blade: yes
Independent boom swing: Yes. Common feature among many mini-excavators, but omitted by some bargain brands, is critical to the usefulness of a mini-ex. Allows house and boom to swing or slew independently, to provide the most versatile digging operations, especially when parallel digging tight along a building’s wall.

Options (this unit)

Bucket(s) included: comes with 24″ trenching tooth bucket
Quick coupler / bucket attaching type: Yes, Bobcat X-Change
Auxilliary hydraulics: Yes, present; fittings are mounted on the boom, for breaker, auger, etc
Thumb/clamp: no
Cab: enclosed cab with heat and AC
Operator comforts/convenience: horn, light package
Other: block heater

This machine would be ideal for:
This is as especially in demand machine for the residential pool and renovation field. Often access is narrow for getting to the backyard, but the dig depth and volume of earth to move is considerable. Finding a machine that is only 5 feet wide, yet can dig to 13 feet deep (reach is often as big a factor) is a very rare combination, almost impossible to find. Not many other manufacturers ever made such a model, and Bobcat ceased production on this a few years back. The 331E has remained a very desired, and now fairly rare, machine to acquire.