Editor’s Note: This story was updated June 7, 2022, to add new products.
With these 18 attachments, you can clear land, crush concrete, compact soil and more with your compact excavator. We also present some tiltrotators, thumbs and quick couplers to make life easier for operators.
Here's a rundown of the 18 compact excavator attachments:
Werk-Brau’s grading and grapple rake turns compact excavators into a landclearing or demolition machine. The multi-tined rake attachment can be used for gathering demolition debris, removing brush, extracting roots and sorting material, among other tasks. It can be quick-coupled and has the same curl and dump angle as a standard bucket. The underside of the rake has tine serrations for stronger gripping force. The heavy-duty tines are supported by reinforced plates and have gussets between them for added strength and durability, the company says.
RoadHogRoadHog’s MX Series Mini Excavator Planers feature a direct-drive Geroler motor. They have a cutting depth of up to 5 inches that is adjustable in 1-inch increments. They are available in cutting widths of 12 or 16 inches. They attach to the excavator via pin-on or quick-attach mounting system. They are designed for pothole repair, curb lines, trip hazards and frost heaves and for opening pits for pipe repairs. Optional drums are available for specific width needs, the company says
EngconEngcon offers a lightweight pallet fork attachment designed for excavators weighing 2 to 6 metric tons. Combined with the company’s ECN206 tiltrotator, the attachment expands the work that can be done by the machines. The company says it also responds to the growing demand for pallet forks for excavators, which will become “as common an attachment as the bucket on excavators.” The forks come in two versions, hydraulic or mechanical, and can handle a load of 2 metric tons. The standard length of the forks is 800 millimeters.
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