SKID STEER & EXCAVATOR ATTACHMENTS

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Skid Steer Attachments:

Skid Steers are one of the most common pieces of equipment based simply on their versatility. They are used by all types of trades from construction to farming, and because of that there is a wide variety of attachments.

The more common attachments you will see are buckets and pallet forks, but there are also Barrier Lifts, Hydraulic Augers, Rotary Brooms, Root Grapples, etc. For whatever job you need a skid steer there is an attachment for that.

  • Digging Bucket: Can scoop, push, and move different loose materials around the jobsite. The bucket also allows you to dump dirt, concrete, asphalt, etc into the bed of a dump truck.
  • Rock Bucket: Used to trap and filter large rocks and debris from dirt and mud.
  • Pallet Forks: These forks allow the operator to turn the Skid into a Forklift and move wood pallets around the jobsite.
  • Barrier Lifts: These are used to move concrete barriers by dropping the lift on the top of the wall and enacting the grip. The lift will not release until the barrier is placed back onto the ground.
  • Hydraulic Augers: Augers are used to drill and dig precise holes for posts and even trees into the dirt. There are also auger bits for Heavy Duty Earth surfaces.
  • Rotary Brooms: Rotary Brooms are designed for heavy-duty sweeping of dirt, snow, and other unwanted material. It quickly mounts to your skid.
  • Root Grapples: These grapples are used during tree, brush, and log removal where heavy-duty tines are spaced to allow debris, not intended for removal, to fall through.

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Excavator Attachments:

Excavators are essential in the earthmoving and construction business. They are also vital for general construction and utility work, demolition and scrap businesses, as well as handling waste and recycling products. If you see a construction site or earth to move, no doubt you will see an excavator nearby.

When researching excavators, it is easy to find yourself going down a rabbit hole of makes and models. You will also find several different types of excavators, such as mini-excavators, backhoe excavators, extended-reach excavators, and even excavators built to use suction rather than teeth.

The most important question of using an excavator is, “What attachments will I need to complete the job efficiently and on schedule?” There are many attachments that can be used for the same or similar applications, but there is always a best attachment for the job, there is no all-in-one attachment.

Excavators also have a surprising assortment of attachments available where each one makes a specific job simpler. For example, a digging bucket would be best for digging holes and hydraulic hammers would be best for compacting the dirt after filling a hole. Attachments can be narrowed down to these main types: Augers, Buckets, Compactors, Grapples, and Hammers. Within those categories, there are more specialized attachments that you can choose from to best fit the application you need it for.

  • Ditching bucket: the main purpose is to be used while levelling topsoil or stone. However, they are also handy for moving large volumes of material at a time, for example loading a dumper truck, or moving the material into position ready for levelling.
  • Ditch cleaning bucket: this bucket is used for grading, slope work, and construction purposes. This is not designed to be used for tough ditch digging applications.
  • Digging bucket: This type of bucket is used for ditch and trench digging. They are fitted with teeth on the bucket to cut through the subsoil and clay under most topsoil.
  • Augers: Hydraulic augers allow compact excavator operators to dig holes safely and efficiently from their seats. Any hydraulic auger system can reverse the auger bit’s direction of rotation and will stall when reaching the motor’s maximum torque, preventing damage.
  • Hydraulic Compactors: these compactors are mounted on the excavators and used to compact all types of materials. Mostly used to compact dirt after filling in a hole or to compact the subsoil before paving. These compactors are great for areas where basic plate compactors cannot reach.
  • Bunching grapples: With a large range of maximum and minimum gripping diameter, bunching grapples are designed for loading and unloading short logs, with grapple jaws shaped so that bundles of logs are quickly and easily rolled up into the grapple with every turn.
  • Log grapples: Log grapples usually have a narrower overall construction than bunching grapples and are very well suited to handling long or full tree length timber in loading or shovel logging applications.
  • Grapple saws: Grapple saws can be used to improve safety and efficiency when handling timber with excavator or forestry grapples. They are suitable for cross-cutting of timber from the ground and even falling or pruning trees along roads and waterways or in built up areas.
  • Hydraulic Hammers: A hammer is fitted to an excavator for demolishing concrete structures or rocks. It is powered by an auxiliary hydraulic system from the excavator, which is fitted with a foot-operated valve for this purpose.

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