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How to select a right bucket size?

Jan. 12, 2022

Excavator Bucket is a structural product, which consists of parts such as tooth seat plate, bottom plate, side plate, wall plate, lug plate, back plate, bucket ear plate, bucket ear, bucket teeth and adapter, tooth seat, etc. Therefore, welding process will decide the quality of the excavator buckets , also directly affects the structural strength and service life of the bucket.



Caterpillar CAT323D HD Bucket

 

In our daily life, most construction projects are used excavator bucket, it no need to much tools, and can increase productivity.

Select the suitable excavator bucket will help improve the efficiency, please remember that if the bucket you use on a 15-ton excavator would be far too big for an 8-ton excavator.
If bucket size is too big for the excavator, it will require the machine to do more work, reduce working efficiency, increase cost, even worse would cause excavator to topple over.

 

Generally, a complete range of bucket sizes will work for the excavator in the market, or can offer customized service. Mini excavator is popular and widely used in different working environment, and its bucket sizes range from 6-inch to 36-inch.

To see what sizes of bucket is possible for the weight of excavator, see below chart for reference:

Up to 0.75 ton machine:Bucket widths of 6 inches to 24 inches, or 30-inch grading buckets.
1-1.9 tons machine:Bucket widths of 6 inches to 24 inches, or grading bucket 36 inches to 39 inches.
2 -3.5 tons machine:Bucket widths of 9 inches to 30 inches, or 48 inches grading buckets.
4 tons machine:Bucket widths of 12 inches to 36 inches, or 60 inches grading buckets.
5-6 tons machine:Bucket widths of 12 inches to 36 inches, or 60 inches grading buckets.
7-8 tons machines:Bucket widths of 12 inches to 36 inches, or grading buckets from 60 inches to 72 inches.
10-15 tons machine:Bucket widths of 18 inches to 48 inches, or 72 inches grading buckets.
19-25 tons machine:Bucket widths of 18 inches to 60 inches, or 84 inches grading buckets.



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