An Overview of Backhoe Attachments

Backhoe attachments have exploded onto the scene, making an already versatile and flexible piece of equipment even more flexible. In fact, a backhoe is now found on almost every major construction site.

For small or medium-sized landscaping projects, it is sometimes the only piece of equipment that is needed, because with the right attachments you can perform the work of many different types of heavy equipment. In this article, I will give you an overview of backhoe attachments.

First, let's start with the backhoe bucket. There are number of different backhoe buckets that you can attach and mount onto your backhoe. These range in size from small -- 12 inches -- all the way to big, such as 60 inches for trench digging buckets. In fact, recent innovation has made double-sided buckets now possible, so you can switch quickly between different functions.

Another hydraulic power backhoe attachment is the tiltrotator. I want you to tilt your wrist forward and backward, and notice the motion of your hand. Now rotate your wrist from side to side, and again noticed the range of motion. A tiltrotator is much like the wrist on your hand. Only, it has full 360° rotation capabilities, and 40° forward and backward tilting motion. You can imagine how much more precise and productive your bucket control can be with this tool.

A hoe ram is one of the best backhoe attachments currently on the market. In this case, you can imagine a jackhammer. Now make this a super large and powerful jack hammer that you can attach to your backhoe. And that's exactly what it is. It is a powerful percussive hammer used to demolish concrete structures, or to penetrate through rocks. It is typically operated by a foot valve.

Another backhoe attachment is the grapple. This is like a claw machine you might see at a grocery store, with all the stuffed animals in it. Only in this case, you can picsk up, hold and move heavy objects instead of stuffed animals.

And to round up those backhoe attachments, there is the auger. The most common auger is the grain auger, which is used to move grain from trucks into storage bins. By using rotating helical flighting, you can easily move a variety of different materials along the rotating axis.

In conclusion, I have given you an overview of backhoe attachments.