Application
Material Handling
Buckets and tools for loading, moving and stockpiling material.
Recommended for this job
Each family here names this work in its own description and is a tool type the job calls for.
FGP General purpose loader bucket
General purpose bucket for a front loader, for loading, unloading and stockpiling loose material.
HTP High-tip bucket for wheel loader
A loader bucket, built to order up to 9 m³, that tips its load a second time on its own frame and cylinders. Light bulk material clears the side of a high truck or hopper the loader cannot reach on its own.
LSF Loader stone forks
Stone forks for a wheel loader, to pick up and carry rocks and other heavy 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.
TH Hydraulic thumb for excavator
The thumb grips against the bucket and folds back against the stick when you do not need it. The excavator picks up and holds rocks, logs, pipes and debris.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 50 t, the top of the weight ranges on this page.
- You want a hydraulic family (CB, HYDRAULIC, and RRH) and do not know the oil flow and pressure of your machine's auxiliary circuit.
- You need HTP, which we build to order.
- Your quick coupler or pin size is not listed on the family page.
How to choose
Work through these questions in order, from the load to the machine.
- 1
What are you moving?
Loose material on a wheel loader: the FGP loads and carries it, and also handles light digging, site cleanup and moving rubble. It is 1900 to 3200 mm wide and holds 1045 to 4830 litres. Light, bulky material such as wood chips, bark, compost, grain, glass or recycling fractions: the HTP body is sized for it, with capacities up to 9 m³.
- 2
How high does it have to go?
A normal loader bucket unloads by tilting on the loader arms. To fill high-sided tippers, silo hoppers or bunkers without a ramp, the HTP has its own tipping frame and cylinders, so the load leaves at the top of the arc. The tipping cylinders run from a third hydraulic function on the loader. We build each HTP for one machine and one material, and the coupler, width, capacity, spill guard and wear package are fixed on the drawing you approve.
- 3
Are there large stones in it?
The LSF stone forks are made of steel rods. They carry large stones, boulders and debris, and earth and gravel fall through the gaps between the rods, so less soil leaves with the stones. There are three sizes: LSF-60 for loaders from 2 to 6 t, LSF-100 for 6 to 10 t and LSF-160 for 10 to 16 t.
- 4
Will a bucket drop it?
Pipes, stumps, logs, kerbstones and demolition rubble need something that holds them. The CB is a digging bucket with a hydraulic clamp arm on top: the bucket digs and the arm closes onto the load. The CB mini does the same on a mini excavator and fits tiltrotators. To keep the bucket you already have, fit the TH hydraulic thumb on the dipper stick. It grips against the bucket and folds back against the stick when you do not need it. For brush, roots and demolition debris, the RRH root rake holds the load against its tines with a hydraulic top clamp, so you can lift, carry and place it.
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What happens if the pressure drops?
The CB, the CB mini and the TH each have a double pilot check valve. If a hose fails or the hydraulic pressure drops, the valve keeps the clamp shut, so the load stays clamped until you set it down. All three carry the CE mark.
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Which machine carries it?
Match the tool to the machine: FGP on loaders from 2 to 6 t and from 12 to 24 t, LSF on loaders from 2 to 16 t, CB from CBR-120 to CBR-260 on excavators from 10 to 26 t, TH from TH-16 to TH-30 on excavators from 10 to 30 t, CB mini on mini excavators. The HTP is sized to your loader. The example model HTP-190-3200-5m3 is 3200 mm wide, holds 5 m³ heaped and suits wheel loaders in the 18 to 19 t class.
Attachments by job
Choose by what you are moving and where it has to go.
Loose material with a wheel loader
The FGP loads and carries loose material.
Filling high-sided tippers, hoppers and bunkers
The HTP tips at the top of the arc, so the loader reaches high sides without a ramp. It is built to order for one machine and one material.
Stones, boulders and debris
The LSF forks carry them while earth and gravel fall through.
Loads a plain bucket drops
A clamp holds the load. CB on an excavator, CB mini on a mini excavator, or a TH thumb that grips against the bucket.
Brush and demolition debris
The RRH grab holds it against the tines, so you lift it and set it down instead of pushing it.
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