FAQs About Earthmoving Attachments
Customize your earthmoving equipment and increase productivity with these rental attachments for mini excavators, excavators, backhoes, wheel loaders and skid steers.
We offer larger sizes of buckets for mini excavators to maximize your productivity and have compact backhoe buckets to reach narrower areas. Dig up holes and clear land with an auger bit or mulcher rental attachment for your skid steer. Attach a pipe carriage or a fork to your wheel loader for multipurpose applications. Climb and cross rugged terrain to lift a load in a tough spot with your telehandler fork. No matter the job, these attachments add additional functionality, making your equipment rental even more productive to get the job done.
Learn more about earthmoving attachments in our FAQs below.
A lot of earthmoving equipment has universal adapter plates that will fit multiple attachments, but only a few buckets will be interchangeable across manufacturers. Contact your local United Rentals branch and we can find the compatible attachment you need for your project requirements.
While we offer multiple backhoe buckets, an average bucket can hold about 1.03 cubic yards of soil. Different buckets are available for multipurpose applications. Our largest backhoe bucket attachment is 37 inches wide and holds up to 17 cubic feet of soil.
The size or diameter of your skid steer auger bit will affect its rotation speed and torque. Smaller bits turn faster than larger ones, but larger ones have more torque. A 9 inch bit will work well for digging in cohesive soils like clay or granular soils like sand. For harder materials like asphalt, concrete or frozen or compacted soil, a 24 inch bit will be ideal. However, a larger, powerful bit will dig larger, deeper holes. So, if you are working with loose soil but have a big job to do, choosing an 18 inch bit would be ideal.