subject: Skid Steer Attachment Review: Buckets [print this page] A skid steer attachment of every design and style is available to perform almost any function that a skid steer loader needs.. By far, the most widely used attachment is the bucket. The bucket skid steer attachment has a thousand uses: it can carry almost any kind of building supply or material from one end of the worksite to the other. It has been proven to be one of the most versatile digging tools for tearing up sod, soil, scrub, and stone. The bucket is a loader, a grader, and a lifter of almost anything. But the question is: which of bucket skid steer attachment is needed most for a skid steer loader?
There is a bucket skid steer attachment available for every kind of digging, lifting, hauling, and grading work. And, as anyone in the construction industry will say, it is important to choose the right tool for the job. Whether it is a digging bucket (with or without teeth), a stump bucket, or a rock bucket, it is important to know how each skid steer attachment can be used, and consequently, which one is right for a particular project.
DIGGING BUCKET The digging bucket, probably because it has been around since the tractor-implement days, is by far the most ubiquitous of skid steer attachment, and has been through the most iterations and modifications of them all. While it is still pretty much in its original form, there have been some subtle, but important improvements in recent years.
First, gone are the days of flat steel. Flat rolled steel sheets used for this skid steer attachment work fine up until the moment the skid steer attachment hits a solid obstacle and warps beyond repair. The latest digging buckets are made with dimples on their bottoms. The dimples make a sort of honeycomb structure, adding significant rigidity to the bucket, regardless of its width. Also, today's good quality digging bucket skid steer attachment is fabricated and heated appropriately so that welds of disparate materials remain intact.
ROCK BUCKET The rock bucket skid steer attachment is an interesting animal. It is clearly set apart from the others as soon as it is brought to the construction or landscaping site. This skid steer attachment was developed precisely because, when processing the soil thats surrounds a building project, the soft soil is good, and the rocks are bad. For almost any kind of project, soft, pliable soil is what is needed most, and the rocks, concrete, bricks and debris within need to be sifted out.
The rock bucket is of similar shape to the digging bucket, but is made entirely of heavy-duty steel tines, set at peculiar distances from each other. As the attachment is used to grade or lift the soil, the rocks and debris stay in the rock bucket, while the granular soil stays on the ground.
STUMP BUCKET The stump bucket, as far as attachments go, is an inspiration on a couple of levels. First, though it is definitely a bucket attachment, it is instantly apparent that this tool has been changed; it takes the conventional digging bucket to an entirely different level. It is an elongated bucket, with a long, toothed nose. Along the rimmed sides of the container are severe ridges.
This skid steer attachment is a specialized digging tool designed for maximum leverage when forced underneath large boulders, stumps and structures. The ridges help to grasp the object while the reinforced steel alloy fabrication ensures removal of even the gnarliest of underground intruders.
Each attachment in this article has a specific purpose, be it digging, rock-removal, or stump- and boulder-raising. But do not be surprised if one (or all) of these shows up soon doing something completely new!
