Application
Earthmoving
Buckets and rippers for digging and moving soil in bulk.
Recommended for this job
Each family here names this work in its own description and is a tool type the job calls for.
GP General purpose digging bucket
A digging bucket for everyday excavation in earth, gravel, and loose materials. It is used for trenching, foundation work, and landscaping.
GPL General purpose digging bucket
A bucket for digging common materials like earth, gravel, and loose soil. It is used for trenching, foundation work, and landscaping.
Standard Earthmoving / heavy duty
DB Heavy duty digging bucket
A digging bucket for most materials, with a rock version for harder ground.
BDP mini - clay digging bucket for mini-excavator
The BDP bucket has the narrow Dutch profile for sticky clay and rocky ground on mini and midi-excavators. Anti-suction holes are an option, so sticky clay does not hold to the bucket floor.
DS mini - Scandinavian deep digging bucket for mini-excavator
Deep digging bucket in the Nordic profile for mini-excavators, for rocky ground and abrasive material.
RIP Heavy duty ripper
A single shank made of high-strength steel, with a protector over the shank. It breaks up hard soil, rock and frozen ground, so the material can then be loaded with an ordinary digging bucket.
RIP mini - ripper shank for mini-excavator
Mini-excavator rippers break up hard ground before trenching and foundation work.
MR Heavy duty excavator multi-ripper
The MR multi-ripper enters the ground on several legs at once and breaks up and loosens compacted material.
MR mini - multi-ripper for mini-excavator
Multi-rippers for mini-excavators break up hard soil and debris when you prepare a site.
FGP General purpose loader bucket
General purpose bucket for a front loader, for loading, unloading and stockpiling loose material.
CB Heavy duty hydraulic clamp bucket
A hydraulic clamp arm closes onto the load, and a double pilot check valve holds it shut if a hose fails. The excavator digs, then picks up rubble, stumps, pipes and awkward stone.
CB mini - hydraulic clamp bucket for mini-excavator
The hydraulic clamp bucket lets an excavator dig, then its clamp grips material for handling and sorting.
DBF Flat-top digging bucket for quick coupler
The flat top suits excavators that change attachments on a quick coupler. It comes in Economy, Standard, Heavy Duty and Rock versions.
DCB Grading & ditching bucket with round profile
The round profile lets material flow out with little drag. Use it to grade surfaces and to dig and clean ditches.
DSX Nordic heavy duty digging bucket
Nordic profile heavy duty digging bucket for excavators from 14 to 40 t, made of Hardox® 450 for rocky ground.
DuoRIP - double ripper for root extraction
Two shanks go deep into the ground at once. It rips out root systems, large roots and stumps when land is cleared for a site.
FLB Levelling bucket for front loader
Wide, low levelling bucket for a front loader, made for fine grading.
GD Rigid grading & ditching bucket, 12–40 t
The rigid body has no tilt joint, so there are no hoses or cylinders to connect. It is used to grade surfaces and clean ditches.
GDH Heavy duty hydraulic grading & ditching bucket
The hydraulic tilt grading bucket shapes slopes and levels uneven ground.
GKB mini - deep cable digging bucket for mini-excavator
The GKB Deep Cable Bucket lets a mini-excavator dig deep trenches for cables. It works in hard ground.
LR mini - straight land rakes for mini-excavator
Tines instead of a solid shell pull out roots, brush and stones while the soil falls back through. A plot is cleared before levelling without carting away the topsoil.
LRS Short land rakes for mini-excavators
A shorter, narrower land rake for small machines working in tight plots and along boundaries. It pulls out roots and stones and lets the soil fall through.
PS Scandinavian universal / grading bucket
A Scandinavian grading profile, used for grading and levelling.
RDBF Flat-top skeleton DBF bucket on rods
Interlocking steel rods replace the solid bottom, C45 as standard and Hardox® as an option. Soil sifts out from the rocks while you dig trenches, drains and pipe bedding.
SB Dutch profile grading & ditching bucket
The Dutch profile has a wider opening, so sticky soil falls out. Use it for grading and ditch work in sticky soil.
SDB Heavy duty skeleton DB bucket
The SDB separates material as you dig: soil falls through the ribs while stone, rubble and roots stay in the bucket.
TR Trapezoid profile digging bucket
The sloped side walls form the ditch section in a single pass, so drainage channels and utility ditches need no follow-up trimming.
UB U-shape digging bucket
The bucket cuts a U-shaped trench bottom to profile in one pass. Pipe laying and utility work need less backfilling, less handwork and less spoil hauled away.
VB V-shape digging bucket
The bucket angle is made to your slope. It cuts a V-shaped ditch or slope in one pass for drainage channels, swales and road shoulders.
Alternatives
These families also name this work in their own description, but they are another tool type or are made for another machine.
- AC mini - asphalt cutter for mini-excavator
- GB - rigid grading & ditching bucket, German profile
- GBH - hydraulic tilt ditching bucket for mini-excavator
- GBP - rigid grading & ditching bucket, Italian profile
- GBPH - hydraulic tilting grading & ditching bucket
- GPLO - GPL bucket with perforated bottom
- GPO - GP bucket with perforated bottom
- GRB - excavator grading beam
- GRB light - mini-excavator grading beam with lowered mass
- PDP mini - skeleton BDP stone bucket
- PS mini - Scandinavian universal grading bucket for mini-excavator
- RGP - skeleton rod GP bucket
- RGPL - skeleton rod GPL bucket
- RGPR - skeleton rod bucket
- SB mini - Dutch profile grading & ditching bucket for mini-excavator
- SGP - heavy duty skeleton GP bucket
- SGPL - heavy duty skeleton GPL bucket for mini-excavator
Ask for an engineering review first
Our catalogue data does not decide these cases. Send us the machine and the job before you order.
- Your machine weighs more than 65 t, the top of the weight ranges on this page.
- You want a hydraulic family (CB, GBH, GBPH, and GDH) and do not know the oil flow and pressure of your machine's auxiliary circuit.
- Your quick coupler or pin size is not listed on the family page.
How to choose
Work through these questions in order, from the ground to the machine.
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Can a bucket get into the ground?
If it cannot, rip it first and load it afterwards with a digging bucket. The RIP opens compacted soil, frost, hard clay, soft rock and old surfaces with one shank. The MR breaks the ground with five teeth at once, so one pass loosens a wider strip and leaves smaller lumps to load. On a mini excavator, the RIP mini opens frozen ground, compacted clay and stony fill, and the MR mini breaks compacted soil, frozen layers and root networks.
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What are you digging?
Loose earth, sand, gravel and firm clay: a general purpose bucket digs, ditches and loads it. Take the GP or GPL on a mini or midi excavator and the DB on a full size excavator. Sticky clay and wet soil: the BDP mini has a narrow Dutch profile, so the bucket cuts in and the material falls out when it is emptied. Anti-suction holes are an option.
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How deep is the cut?
The DS mini has a longer bottom and a larger tip radius than a normal digging bucket. It digs deeper in one pass, so the machine has to be moved less often, and the long bottom holds large stones and stony soil in the bucket.
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Is the soil stony or abrasive?
To sort stones out as you dig, use a bucket with an open bottom. On the GPO and GPLO the bottom plate has holes cut in it, and on the SGP a row of S355 steel ribs replaces the solid plate. Fine soil falls through and the stones stay in the bucket. For rocky and abrasive ground, the DB and DBF come in a rock version, and the DSX body is Hardox® 450 steel.
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How does the bucket go on the machine?
If you change attachments on a quick coupler, take the DBF, the flat-top digging bucket made for it, in Economy up to 24 t, Standard in every size, and Heavy Duty from 24 t. The GP, GPL and DS mini are made with a direct OEM hitch or for your quick coupler, for example MS, Martin, HS or CW, or with an S-System mount. The DB fits directly or on SW and CW adapters.
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Which machine carries it?
Match the bucket to the machine weight: GP, GPL and DS mini from 0.6 to 10 t, BDP mini, GPO and SGP from 1.2 to 10 t, DB and DBF from 10 to 50 t, DSX from 14 to 40 t, MR from 11 to 32 t, RIP from 14 to 65 t. The DB, DBF, DSX and MR take any major tooth system, for example CAT J, ESCO, BYG, MTG or Combi Wear Parts. On a wheel loader, the FGP loads and carries loose material and handles light earthmoving and site cleanup, on loaders from 2 to 6 t and from 12 to 24 t.
Attachments by job
Pick the bucket for the soil first, then add a ripper where the bucket cannot go.
Loose earth, sand, gravel and firm clay
A general purpose bucket digs and loads it. GP or GPL on a mini or midi excavator, DB on a full size excavator.
Sticky clay and wet soil
The BDP mini has a narrow Dutch profile made for sticky clay and wet soil.
Deeper cuts
The DS mini has a longer bottom and a larger tip radius, so it cuts deeper in one pass.
Ground a bucket cannot enter
A ripper opens it first. RIP with one shank, MR with five legs for a wider strip. RIP mini and MR mini on a mini excavator.
Loading with a wheel loader
The FGP loads and carries loose material and handles light digging and site cleanup.
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