RAY Mini Excavator Attachments That Can Do Much More Than Dig

Mini excavators, much like mini skid steers, have a broad range of potential applications in commercial, industrial, and agricultural contexts.

When equipped with a bucket attachment, mini excavators are able to dig deep, flat-bottomed holes with relative ease. Additionally, the use of an auger drive attachment can enable mini excavators to excavate deep holes with straight walls.

However, the versatility of mini excavators, as with mini skid steers and compact track loaders, lies in their ability to be equipped with a variety of purpose-built attachments. These attachments can significantly expand the capabilities of mini excavators beyond simple digging tasks.

By utilizing specialized mini excavator attachments, these machines are able to perform a wide range of tasks beyond excavation

Mini excavators are highly versatile machines that can be equipped with a variety of purpose-built attachments to expand their capabilities. Here are six mini excavator attachments that can be used for tasks beyond simple digging:

1.Brush Cutters

Mini excavators can be paired with brush cutter attachments for clearing land after larger trees have been removed. They can be used at and above ground level, making them ideal for trimming thick, tangled brush and overhead limb removal. They are great for clearing land prior to converting it to pasture or planting, clearing pond shores, trails, fence breaks, and rights of way.

2.Slab Grab Buckets

Slab grab buckets are ideal for those who operate mini excavators in demolition or construction. These attachments are used to break up and remove concrete slabs, making them perfect for removing large quantities of concrete slabs. Simply slipping the teeth or the edge of a concrete slab grab bucket under the edge of a pre-cut concrete slab and lifting it can encourage it to break under its own weight at the cut.

3.Rippers

Mini excavator ripper attachments are great for dispatching obstinate obstacles that are wedged firmly in the ground. They are similar to slab grab buckets but less specialized, making them perfect for removing large boulders that are stuck in the ground or big stumps

4.Pallet Forks

Pallet forks can be used to lift, load, handle, and stack palletized merchandise and bulk goods. They are ideal for moving bulk construction materials such as tiles, bricks, and roofing materials, as well as bundled pipes and conduits. Pallet forks can also be used for moving brush piles, large rocks, hay bales, logs, and other large cumbersome loads.

5.Plate Compactors

Boom-mounted vibratory plate compactors are ideal for trench backfilling, surface preparation, drain excavation backfill, road construction, and much more. They can be used to compact a wide range of different soil types quickly, effectively, and efficiently.

6.Thumb Attachments

Hydraulic thumb attachments can transform mini excavator bucket attachments into a sort of grapple bucket attachment. They are great for moving and managing brush, logs, pipes, construction materials, and all other manners of irregular, unwieldy, cumbersome debris. A thumb attachment is like an opposable thumb for an excavator bucket, which can be opened to allow the bucket to fill its primary purpose of excavation and closed as needed to grapple or wrangle with irregular debris.

Trenchers A mini excavator can easily and efficiently cut clean, deep trenches with a dedicated trencher attachment. With this attachment, your mini excavator can cut drain lines, trenches for laying pipes and utility lines, and more.

Spartan Equipment produces the toughest mini excavator attachments in the industry that will never surrender, no matter the obstacle. These attachments are made in America with American steel and exhibit industry-leading quality and performance. They are backed by 1-year warranties (see attachment details for warranty information) and are eligible for free ground shipping.