Application
Trenching
Trenching and ditching buckets for utility and drainage trenches.
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AC - Excavator asphalt cutters
A 450 mm steel disc, symmetrical (ACs) or asymmetrical (ACa). It makes clean cuts in asphalt for road repairs, utility trenches and pavement and kerb work.
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AC mini - asphalt cutter for mini-excavator
Asphalt cutter for mini-excavators. The 450 mm steel disc cuts asphalt for roadworks, repairs and utility trenches.
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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.
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DB - Heavy duty digging bucket
A digging bucket for most materials, with a rock version for harder ground.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FLB - Levelling bucket for front loader
Wide, low levelling bucket for a front loader, made for fine grading.
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GB - Rigid grading & ditching bucket, German profile
Rigid grading & ditching bucket with a flat top. It is used for ditch cleaning, grading and slope work.
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GBH - Hydraulic tilt ditching bucket for mini-excavator
Tilts up to 45 degrees to each side, and double pilot check valves hold the angle. Slopes, ditches and banks are shaped without moving the machine.
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GBP - Rigid grading & ditching bucket, Italian profile
A rigid grading and ditching bucket with a round inner profile and an HB500 cutting edge. It cleans ditches, grades and cuts slopes on mini and midi excavators.
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GBPH - Hydraulic tilting grading & ditching bucket
Tilts 45 degrees to each side, and a double pilot check valve holds the angle. Ditches, slopes and banks are cleaned and shaped without moving the mini-excavator.
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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.
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GDH - Heavy duty hydraulic grading & ditching bucket
The hydraulic tilt grading bucket shapes slopes and levels uneven ground.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GPLO - GPL bucket with perforated bottom
The bottom plate has holes cut in it, so fine soil, sand and water fall through while stones and roots stay in. You dig and screen in the same pass.
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GPO - GP bucket with perforated bottom
Holes cut in the bottom let soil fall through while stones stay in the bucket. A mini or midi excavator sorts stone from soil as it digs.
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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.
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KS mini - cable bucket for mini-excavator
Two narrow trench profiles for cable and pipe: the KS cuts straight walls, and the wider top of the KSV leaves room to lay the pipe and keeps the trench wall from slumping.
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KS - Scandinavian profile cable bucket
The narrow Scandinavian profile and reinforced side plates cut a steep-walled trench in one pass. Cable, conduit and pipe bedding sits flat, and the narrow trench takes less backfill.
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KSV mini - Scandinavian profile cable V bucket for mini-excavator
The tapered V walls cut a self-supporting trench. A V-trench for cable and conduit runs takes less digging and backfill, and the body is Hardox® for stony subsoil.
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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.
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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.
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RGPL - Skeleton rod GPL bucket
Built on the GPL bucket, with a bent top section for digging and a recessed bracket as an option. A mini-excavator separates material and cleans up with it.
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RGPR - Skeleton rod bucket
In the RGPR a bottom of C45 steel rods lets soil and water fall through, while stones, roots and rubble stay in the bucket. Material is sorted as it is dug.
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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.
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RIP mini - ripper shank for mini-excavator
Mini-excavator rippers break up hard ground before trenching and foundation work.
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SB mini - Dutch profile grading & ditching bucket for mini-excavator
Dutch profile grading and ditching bucket for mini-excavators. It is used for grading, cleaning ditches and cutting slopes.
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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.
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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.
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SGP - Heavy duty skeleton GP bucket
Built on the GP bucket, with a bottom of S355 steel ribs instead of a closed plate. Fine soil and water fall through, and stones, roots and rubble stay in the bucket.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How to choose
Work through these questions in order, from the surface to the machine.
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Is there asphalt on top?
Cut the surface first, so the trench and the reinstatement both start from a straight edge. The AC asphalt cutter for excavators from 12 to 30 t has a 450 mm steel disc and a cutting depth of 150 mm, adjustable to the thickness of the asphalt layer. The AC mini does the same job on a mini excavator.
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What goes in the trench?
Cable, conduit and pipe bedding: a KS cable bucket in the narrow Scandinavian profile holds a steep-walled trench, so the bedding sits flat. Pipe laying and foundation work: the UB cuts a U-shaped bottom in one pass. A drainage or irrigation ditch: the sloped side walls of the TR form the ditch section directly. A ditch, swale or road shoulder cut to a slope: the VB has the angle of the V built to that slope.
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What happens to the spoil?
A profile bucket digs out only the trench shape. The UB leaves less spoil to haul away, and the KS keeps backfill volume low. If the spoil is stony and has to go back in, a skeleton bucket sorts as you dig: with the SDB or RDBF the soil falls through the rods back into the trench and the stone stays in the bucket. Rods are C45 steel as standard, Hardox® on request.
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Which machine carries it?
Match the bucket to the machine weight: GKB mini from 1.0 to 12 t, KSV mini from 0.6 to 10 t, KS, UB, VB and TR from 5 to 35 t, SDB and RDBF from 10 to 50 t, AC from 12 to 30 t. For stony ground, the TR, UB, VB and SDB take CAT J series, BYG Futura or ESCO UltraLok teeth, so the teeth can be matched to the ground.
Attachments by job
Choose by the shape of the trench the job needs, then by what comes out of it.
A narrow trench for cable, conduit or pipe
A cable bucket holds a narrow, steep-walled trench, so the bedding sits flat and there is less to backfill. KS on a full size excavator, KS mini or GKB mini on a mini or midi excavator.
A V-shaped trench or ditch
The KSV mini cuts a self-supporting V-trench for cable and conduit runs. The VB cuts a V-shaped ditch with the angle built to the slope, in one pass.
Pipe laying and foundation work
The UB digs a U-shaped bottom in one pass, so the pipe bed needs less backfilling.
A drainage or irrigation ditch
The TR has sloped side walls that form the ditch section directly, so there is no trimming afterwards.
Stony spoil you want to put back
A skeleton bucket sorts as you dig. With the SDB or RDBF the fines go back in the trench and the stone stays in the bucket.
A trench under asphalt
Cut the surface first with an asphalt cutter, so the trench starts from a straight edge.
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