Your Guide to Excavator Attachments

Excavators are powerful machines that help you to get really challenging construction and landscaping tasks done quickly, efficiently and professionally. Without an excavator, a great deal of digging work and removal of loose material might have to be done by hand with shovels, and that’s no one’s idea of a good time.

It’s important to equip your excavator with the correct attachments to complete your work, though. As your Buffalo-area excavator dealer, Upstate Equipment in Lockport, New York, is here to help you find the right excavator attachments for your work. Read our list below to figure out which attachments you'll need for the jobs you have to do.

Bucket

The most basic excavator attachment is typically a bucket. Buckets help you to move around loose materials and dig holes while still or scrape and level ground while in motion. You can use buckets in a variety of ways on a construction site or even on a residential property and they’re especially useful to help you build foundations.

Grapple Bucket

This is a sort of augmented bucket that has long tines which can close and open like a claw. You get the same scooping ability as you would with a typical bucket, combined with the grabbing power you need to move logs, stumps and other heavy, bulky objects out of the way.

Auger

If you need to dig a lot of holes that are of even depth and diameter, an auger attachment on your excavator will help you to do just that. Augers are designed specifically for digging cylindrical holes for concrete, fence posts, trees, shrubs and more.

Hydraulic Hammer

Need some power to crush up stone or concrete on your work site? A hydraulic hammer attachment on your excavator will take care of big pieces of concrete in no time. You can also use these hammers to break up frozen ground that might be too hard for other attachments to dig into.

Dozer Blade

To scrape and level ground without a full-sized bulldozer, you can use a dozer blade attachment on your excavator. Small and medium leveling jobs can be easily completed with this attachment so you don’t have to get another machine.

Mulcher

Need to break up and shred trees, shrubs or other organic matter? Use a mulcher attachment on your excavator to break up and clear away this type of debris in no time to make way for road or building construction.

Ready to pick up some implements? Stop by our Lockport, NY, dealership location to take a look at our wide stock of new and used excavators and attachments for sale. We can also assist you with financing options. Upstate Equipment serves the greater Buffalo region as well as Amherst, NY.