by Richard Cosgrove | Tue 13 Jan 2026
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There has been increasing pressure on building contractors for several years because of rising costs. At the same time, the demands on construction sites in terms of quality and meeting deadlines are increasing. As a result, many processes on the construction site need to be optimized in order to increase profits again: Holp's RotoTop can play an important role in this.
The construction industry has been facing multiple challenges for a long time: rising costs, uncertainties and a reluctance to invest have been causing challenges for years. If you want to attract and retain qualified employees for your construction site, you also need to offer an attractive working environment with modern machinery and equipment that ensures that unnecessary physical strain is avoided.
As a pioneer of pure rotation, Holp offers a very simple solution for greater efficiency with its RotoTop, which has already proven itself in thousands of construction companies worldwide over the last 18 years in tough construction site conditions. Even though many appreciate the even greater range of movement offered by tiltrotators on construction sites, they do have some disadvantages: they are more complex to operate, often more susceptible to damage, and not suitable for heavy-duty use with a milling machine, etc. In addition, they are comparatively tall, and the additional weight on the excavator arm leads to a noticeable loss of power for the excavator.
The RotoTop is a smart compromise that pays for itself very quickly: Mounted directly on the excavator, it impresses with its compact design, robust yet lightweight construction, and extreme durability: no comparable rotary drive on the market is built to last for two excavator lifetimes and can be made fit for a second excavator lifetime by a manufacturer overhaul. In addition, the RotoTop can be used to perform all standard tasks on the construction site.
A tiltrotator, on the other hand, is most cost-effective for highly specialized tasks, such as in special civil engineering, where maximum freedom of movement is constantly required and therefore additional weight and loss of performance are acceptable. Holp's modular system allows you to benefit from many of the advantages of the RotoTop and convert it into a RotoX tiltrotator.
Due to its durability, the RotoTop starts to save money right from the moment of purchase: Holp offers a 3-year warranty or 3,000 operating hours for this device, which is designed to last for two excavator lifetimes, even working under the toughest conditions. After the first excavator life, the RotoTop can be overhauled for approx. 20% of the purchase price for a second excavator life. In addition, the RotoTop, which is permanently installed on the excavator, allows all attachments to rotate endlessly, so they no longer need to be purchased with their own rotary drive, which saves money on every purchase.
In addition, permanently attaching the RotoTop to the excavator is much easier and more cost-effective than attaching a tiltrotator, as no complex modifications to the excavator are necessary. The RotoTop also reduces manual labour to an absolute minimum, thus saving on personnel costs and at the same time ensuring better machine utilization and lower machine costs per operation when everything can be handled with the aid of an excavator. Maintenance is also simple: regular grease lubrication can be carried out via the excavator's central lubrication system.
The RotoTop improves performance in many ways: It is intuitive to operate because it works like an excavator's wrist. That means that it is very quick to learn how to use, so the RotoTop can also be installed on excavators without regular drivers or in rental parks. Holp guarantees performance improvements even for simple earthworks such as excavation or loading trucks, with at least 10 percent improvement. Customers in sewer construction have measured 25 to 30 percent improvement, while in landscaping, 50 percent improvement is commonplace. Experienced machine operators usually increase these performance gains even further after a few days because they learn to perform many small tasks that were previously done manually exclusively with the flexible excavator arm.
In summary, the RotoTop improves profitability by reducing the company's costs in various areas while increasing the performance of existing machines, which together results in higher revenues.
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