Excavator is heavy contraction pieces of equipment. It operates using steel rope for movement. The movements are from using hydraulic cylinders and fundamentally different from cable operated excavators.
The way any other excavators does it's the same
On average a Caterpillar Track Excavator 320 BL will consume about 10 gallons of fuel per hour. On an average eight hour workday, it will consume 80 gallons of fuel.