When it's time to build a driveway or patch a road, you might be able to save yourself the expense of buying or renting a designated machine. Instead, these attachments allow you to use your skid steer, compact track loader or other construction equipment for the task.
Danuser’s Mega Mixer material handling bucket for mixing and spreading concrete has some recent improvements, including a discharge end that is easier to operate. The 8-inch-diameter, 8-inch pitch auger improves mixing and dispensing. The motor gets a boost in torque and power and can dispense ¾ cubic yards of material in 26 seconds. Mounts on both sides enable the operator to dispense either left or right of the host machine. Other features include pin holders, easy-to-read yardage markers and two 2-foot multi-link chutes that can be stored on the bucket.
The Edge Cold Planer features high torque to quickly mill concrete and asphalt. It comes in standard and high-flow versions for skid steers, track loaders and articulated loaders. The standard model has hydraulic side-shift controls and manual tilt and depth controls. The high-flow option has electric-hydraulic side-shift and tilt and depth controls. Three hydraulic lines feed a single circuit. Both versions come with wire harness and control box, hoses, hose saver kit, flat face couplers and asphalt picks. A dust control kit is optional.
The CC30 Concrete Claw, manufactured by Kubota’s Land Pride subsidiary, is used for removing large sections of concrete floors, driveways, sidewalks and other large slabs. The teeth are slid under the concrete slab, then the slab can be lifted and loaded. The Concrete Claw has a universal quick-attach hitch that fits a variety of loaders. Its side panels are made of high-strength T1 steel to resist bending while prying concrete slabs, and they are reinforced for added strength and rigidity. The attachment matches Kubota’s SSV and SVL Series loaders.
Loegering Attachments, a subsidiary of ASV, has combined milling and stabilizing functions into its ST1000 attachment for compact track loaders and skid steers. The attachment can mill to a depth of 9 inches. Independent level control on both sides enables it to follow the contour of the pavement. Its large mixing chamber can combine binders into cut pavement. Ports are built into the cutter box for spraying stabilizer fluid or binding. It also has a dust-suppression system. The ST1000 is 39 inches wide and is designed for such jobs as large parking lots.
Minnich Manufacturing’s A3/A6 machine-mounted drills are designed to increase productivity on patchwork jobs, able to perform full-depth repair. The pneumatic attachment, which can have as many as six drills, can be linked to an excavator, backhoe, skid steer or compact track loader. A side-shift function enables a second set of holes to be drilled without repositioning the host machine. A dust-collection system is optional to meet OSHA silica dust regulations for dowel pins. Minnich says the attachment also increases safety by reducing operator fatigue.
Vacuworx RC Series vacuum lifters can be used with the company’s Octapad lifting system to remove concrete slabs during road and bridge construction projects. On an excavator or crane, RC lifters equipped with the Octapad can lift and place materials directly into a truck for removal from the jobsite without rehandling. The vacuum technology allows for the slab’s complete removal from the roadbed without disturbing the sub-base for the subsequent patch pour. Each of the eight pads has an individual vacuum that can be shut off for slab areas too damaged for lifting.
