The Terex HR 14 is a mini excavator. It belongs to the compact equipment range that Terex acquired in 2002 with Schaeff, the German maker from Langenburg known for its Knickmatik side-shifting boom.
Terex HR at a glance
| Model | HR 14 |
|---|---|
| Type | mini excavator |
| Maker | Terex Corporation |
| Range origin | Schaeff, Langenburg, Germany |
| Schaeff founded | 1937 |
| Terex acquisition | 2002 |
| Schaeff products | wheel loaders, backhoe loaders, mini excavators |
| Known feature | Knickmatik side-shifting boom |
| Brand name | Terex, created in 1968 |
No Wikipedia article covers the HR 14; the page is based on the English article on Terex and the German article on Schaeff, and the model is identified from the video.
History of the Terex HR
The Terex name began in 1968 as a General Motors brand for construction equipment, after a court order forced GM to give up the Euclid off-highway truck business. GM coined it from the Latin terra (earth) and rex (king). After the sale to IBH, the return to GM and the creation of the independent Terex Corporation in the second half of the 1980s, the company grew largely by buying smaller equipment makers.
One of them was Schaeff. Karl Schaeff had founded the firm in 1937 as an agricultural machinery repair business in Langenburg; after the war it moved into attachments and then into construction machines. Schaeff built wheel loaders, backhoe loaders and mini excavators, and its best-known technical idea was the Knickmatik, a boom mounting that lets the arm be angled up to 90 degrees to either side for digging close to walls and obstacles.
Terex Deutschland took over Schaeff in 2002 and folded it into the group, keeping the Schaeff name on the compact machines. The HR 14 mini excavator belongs to that line; the video shows a machine at work. Terex was still selling the German compact range under its own name when this record was made, and the Schaeff works remained part of the group.
Design and features
- Mini excavator: a compact digging machine for confined sites and utility work.
- Schaeff line: the HR 14 comes from the German range Terex bought in 2002.
- Knickmatik heritage: Schaeff’s side-shifting boom idea was its best-known feature.
- Compact range: Schaeff also built wheel loaders and backhoe loaders.
Terex HR versions
- HR 14: the mini excavator shown in the video.
- Schaeff-badged machines: the same range before and after the Terex takeover.
- Terex Schaeff period: from 2002, when the compact line became part of Terex.
- Schaeff wheel loaders: the SKL line of the same German maker.
The Terex SKL wheel loaders come from the same Schaeff range, while the Terex 760B represents the larger backhoe loaders. More machines are in the Terex collection.
Video: Terex HR 14 Mini Excavator
Video on YouTube.
Sources
- Terex, English Wikipedia: company history and the Terex name
- Schaeff (Baumaschinenhersteller), German Wikipedia: Schaeff history, products, Knickmatik, the 2002 Terex takeover
