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Hi all .I know what LC stands for,Long Carriage/Crawler.But what does the H stand for?My machine is a Zaxis 350 LCH.I thought the H might be for Heavy.As looking around,i see you can sometimes spec a heavy version of counter weight.On the Hitachi site,i think the standard counter weight is about 6.6 tons(or something like that)for the 350/3,but you can spec a heavy version that weighs aprox 7.4tons(or something like that )
Nobody i speak to can really answer this.
Cheers,Neil

Hi Neil,

You really need an expert on Hitachi nomenclature to answer this one.

Jeremy

Not just Hitachi though,seen other machines marked up LC,& LCH.Same size machines,but LC & LCH.

Hammer man wrote:Not just Hitachi though,seen other machines marked up LC,& LCH.Same size machines,but LC & LCH.

Perhaps SRB could answer this cos I know he's red hot on Cat nomenclature, but must say I don't know.

Jeremy

Long carriage high? Just a guess! haha

Ive only ever seen it on Hitachi's from 35t up!

Joe

hello ,h stands for heavy ,lch = H-front is Strengthened Throughout for Toughness and Long Life.
- Reinforced using thickened plates
- Strengthened boom foot, boom top and arm cylinder mounting
- Using arm damage prevention plate and 4 square bars
- Adding bushing to bucket linkage
- Reinforced bucket bracket

hope this helped ,bruce oz

bruce oz wrote:hello ,h stands for heavy ,lch = H-front is Strengthened Throughout for Toughness and Long Life.
- Reinforced using thickened plates
- Strengthened boom foot, boom top and arm cylinder mounting
- Using arm damage prevention plate and 4 square bars
- Adding bushing to bucket linkage
- Reinforced bucket bracket

hope this helped ,bruce oz

Great summary Bruce

Thanks for the info

Nick

Thats great thanks Bruce thanks a lot.

Bang on there Bruce oz .I asked the man from HM Plant yesterday(G.B Hitachi dealer)& his description of "H" was pretty much exactly what you said.Plus the LCH has the reinforced ribed section at the base of the stick on the face above the q/hitch.