Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC5wFLnuOjg (10 min)

Mike from Rippa USA Sales visits the Houston warehouse, where hundreds of Rippa excavators and attachments are stored, and walks around the updated R32 and the R15 enclosed cab model.

IN THIS VIDEO

- R32 updates and the new air seat

- Safety and hydraulic upgrades

- Grease fitting improvements

- R15 enclosed cab option

- R32 cab design features

- Joystick controls

UPGRADES ON THE NEWER MACHINES

- Explosion proof valve: if a hydraulic line is cut or fails, the boom stays put instead of dropping. Rippa tested it by cutting a hydraulic line with an angle grinder, and nothing moved.

- Pointed grease fittings: the cylinders that used to have flat faced fittings now have the pointed style, so a standard grease gun connects easily. Mike gives every new owner the correct fittings.

- An air suspension seat on the R32.

- Buttons on the joysticks: they will operate the thumb and some auxiliary functions that used to need floor switches. Foot pedals are expected to remain for some attachments, such as a brush cutter or rotary grapple.

R15 ENCLOSED CAB

The R15 cab is solid and well built, but Mike points out a few things: there is no glass in the roof, so the operator has to hunch down to see up, and it has circulation air rather than air conditioning. In hot climates that makes it tough in summer, but it can be great in winter.

R32 CAB

The R32 cab has glass up top for easy viewing of the work above, and a door built differently from the R15. Mike also says to measure your machine height before you go under things or load it on a trailer.

Questions? Call Rippa USA Sales at 817-382-3201 or visit RippaUSASales.com. We deliver nationwide with flat rate shipping, and you get 50% off attachments when you buy a machine from us.