The standout feature is the dedicated hands-on "Live DEMO" day. Earthmoving and site-clearing contractors can climb into excavator cabs to operate heavy shears, hydraulic breakers, rotary pulverizers, and grapple attachments on reinforced concrete and steel.
Why fleet owners attend
The NDA event pairs business sessions with a live demo day, so contractors can operate machines and attachments in demolition conditions. It suits fleets that do site clearing, demolition or heavy material handling.
What to look at
- High-reach and demolition-rigged excavators and their guarding
- Breakers, shears, processors and other high-wear attachments
- Wear-part and hydraulic maintenance for severe-duty work
- Safety practices for demolition and site clearing
Make the trip pay off
Shows are expensive in time away from the jobsite. A little preparation turns a walk around the floor into decisions you can act on:
- Bring your fleet list. Know the age, hours and service history of the machines you might replace, so you can compare real numbers instead of brochure numbers.
- Ask about data access. For any new machine, ask how its hours, fuel, idle time and fault codes reach you — and whether that works in a mixed fleet.
- Look at maintenance, not just performance. Check service intervals, filter access and the daily walk-around. They drive your real cost of ownership.
- Talk to your dealer. Parts availability and service response matter as much as the machine itself.
goAardvark brings hours, maintenance, inspections and location for every brand in your fleet into one view — useful context before and after any equipment show. Use our maintenance schedules, utilization definitions and dealer locator to prepare.
Know where your fleet stands before the day slips.
Book a demo to see how goAardvark fits your heavy-civil operation.