When choosing a Rotating Laser for Earthmoving – it’s important to consider what use you need out of a laser. The biggest feature variation between our budget Earthmoving Lasers & most premium lasers is Grade/Slope Settings.

An earthmover that is mostly preparing & levelling house pads or shed pads may not have any use for Grade or Slope settings – as all Earthmoving Lasers are suitable for level. Simply press the power button and wait for them to level.

Slope & Grade is very important for industries like agriculture, plumbing or civil construction, where creating water drainage is critcal. Machine operators working in those industries are likely to opt for either a single grade laser (grade in one direction) or dual grade laser (grade in two directions – at right angles to each other).

Technically you could use a Line Laser for Earthmoving (when paired up with a Receiver for Outdoor use) but the accuracy & range aren’t as good as a Rotating Laser.

Also Machine Mounted Receivers are compatible with Rotating Lasers’ flashing signal, the “Pulse” mode that Line Lasers doesn’t work with Machine Receivers.

RedBack Lasers have been selling Earthmoving Lasers to Aussie Earthmovers for over 20 years. We pride ourselves in expert knowledge which is backed by experience in the game.

We sell tough built Electronic Levelling Lasers that are built to last. Some of the lasers listed above (EGL624 for example) we have sold for over 10 years in Australia – we haven’t had a reason to change them yet. We often have 10 year old lasers in for calibration – they’re quickly adjusted and will hopefully last another 10 years of use!

We often post photos of the internals of our Laser Levels as we are proud of them and have nothing to hide – there’s many a laser out there (we won’t name names) that are a generic laser that is rebadged, built around a plastic chassis which is a throwaway as soon as it takes a drop.
We sell lasers that can handle the rough stuff – not throwaway tools.

DO NOT BUY A GREEN ROTATING LASER FOR EARTHMOVING!

Unfortunately there are no decent quality Green Machine Receivers currently on the market – so if you are considering using your Rotating Laser with a Machine Receiver at any stage in the future, make sure you avoid any Green Rotating Lasers that big box retailers are trying to push.

When it comes to Green vs. Red – it makes not difference when it comes to Rotating Lasers as you can’t see the beam anyway. Green Rotating Lasers will often have a higher power output (Like our Green624GM for instance) but this doesn’t equate to longer range or better performance, it simply chews through batteries quicker.

Green Rotating Lasers have very niche uses for Plasterers & Builders for indoor visible use – outdoors there is no advantage.

Probably the most important feature is grade setting – if you need to create drainage via tilting your laser beam over to make a consistent slope across your jobsite, then a grade laser will help a lot.

Other than grade – Our lasers feature Tilt Mode, which is basically a safety feature meaning that if your laser gets disturbed, it won’t start spinning again until you’ve reset it back into the correct position.

VWS is another useful feature, which almost works opposite to TILT mode. It’s great for windy/rough conditions as it will keep spinning no matter what, allowing for less downtime on your jobsite. This is especially useful for earthmoving as often the vibrations of your machinery can disturb laser levels.

To maximise the range of a Rotating Laser paired with Receiver – I’d choose a Class 3 Red Beam Laser like our DGL1010GM. This has a higher powered diode which will allow you to stretch the range when paired up with a Machine Receiver.