Backhoe attachments include buckets, jackhammers, ditch cutters, asphalt cutters, and tools for concrete and rock removal. Different types of buckets are used for specific tasks, such as digging through frozen or rocky ground. Backhoe attachments are also used in road construction and demolition, and for moving materials and positioning posts.
Backhoe attachments allow one operator on a single backhoe to perform many different tasks. From the common bucket used for digging deep holes and trenches, backhoe attachments can also include large hydraulically operated jackhammers, buckets of different sizes and shapes, and V-shaped ditch cutters. Some other lesser known backhoe attachments include asphalt cutters, tools for concrete and sidewalk removal and ice and rock removal tools. Specialty buckets known for cutting 90 degree angles are used in excavating cemetery areas, while other attachments are used in rock removal, stacking materials and scrap, and moving poles and barrels on a construction site.
The most common image that many people have of backhoe attachments are shovels or digging buckets. There are actually several different types of buckets, each intended for a specific use and condition. The small digging buckets allow the operator to dig through frozen or rocky ground to create a ditch or narrow pit when burying cables and the like. Other styles and sizes of backhoe attachments are used for digging sand, backfilling the shovel, and even removing concrete from construction sites. Specialty buckets that have very sharp points are used to dig through frozen ground and break up rocky soil when an all-purpose bucket simply won’t do.
Several backhoe attachments are used in the road construction industry and are used to both excavate and load large areas of asphalt road into dump trucks in preparation for a new asphalt roadway. Asphalt cutters resembling large pizza cutter wheels are used to cut straight edges into the roadway to mark the end of the old road and the beginning of the new roadway. Once the backhoe attachments have cut through the pavement, the cutter is removed and replaced with a bucket to load materials into waiting trucks. For larger pieces of concrete, a mechanical thumb is an attachment that helps the bucket grip the materials as they are lifted into the truck.
Stubborn areas of concrete are broken up using hammer backhoe attachments to break the material into small pieces. When used in demolition, some backhoe attachments are used to allow a backhoe operator to load and stack scrap into a large pile to be loaded onto trucks or otherwise disposed of. The large clamp accessories allow you to easily grip and move barrels and drums of materials. The closer grip claws are used to hold and position the posts in the pre-dug holes.
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