Radmeister mounts four grapple arms with 5/8-inch-thick steel tines on a 20-inch-deep digging bucket with a 6-inch cutting edge of ¾-inch-thick manganese/chromium alloy. The Dig-and-Grab Bucket’s ...

Several factors can help excavator operators improve their productivity during everyday construction tasks, but the single biggest contributing factor typically circles back to choosing the proper ...

Today I’m putting my modified Chinese tilt bucket to the test for the first time on my John Deere 50ZTS mini excavator. I’m digging a swale at the base of my leaking pond to divert water away from my ...

Specs such as horsepower, operating weight and dig depth/reach typically garner initial attention with an excavator. But the bucket at the end of the stick can also have a tremendous effect on how ...

Mastering the backhoe-loader is a big job because it is really two machines in one. A good operator can improve productivity by employing many of the same principles that make excavators and wheel ...

Backhoes — the jointed digging arms often mounted to tractors or seen at construction sites — are useful and versatile tools, albeit expensive ones. Harbor Freight and Honda both offer more affordable ...