United Rentals offers a variety of skid steer attachment rentals and backhoe attachments, including mulching and earthmoving attachments, buckets, augers, wheel compactors and plate compactors. These accessories are safer to use as attachments for ride-on equipment because you will be seated while you work. Safety first, efficiency always.

Customize your earthmoving equipment and increase productivity with these rental attachments for mini excavators, backhoes, wheel loaders, and skid steers. We offer larger sizes of buckets for mini excavators to maximize your dig. We also offer compact backhoe buckets to reach narrower areas.

Dig up holes and clear land with auger bit and mulcher rental attachments for your skit steer. Attach a pipe carriage or a fork attachment to your wheel loader for multipurpose applications. Climb and cross rugged terrain to lift a load positioned in a tough spot with your telehandler fork. No matter the job, these tools will get it done!

FAQs About Earthmoving Attachments

Are backhoe buckets interchangeable?

• A lot of earthmoving equipment has universal adapter plates that will fit multiple attachments, but not many buckets will be interchangeable across manufacturers. One of the benefits of renting equipment from United Rentals is that we can attach our buckets to each of our backhoe models with no issue. If you know the make and model of the backhoe, you can look up compatible attachments online.

How many cubic yards can a backhoe bucket hold?

• While we offer multiple backhoe buckets, typically each bucket can hold about 1.03 cubic yards of soil. Different buckets are available for multipurpose applications. Our largest backhoe bucket attachment is 24 inches and holds up to 4 cubic yards of soil.

Which skid steer auger bit should I use?

• The best skid steer auger bit depends on the material you will be digging and how large and deep the holes you need to dig will be. The size or diameter of the bit will affect its rotation speed and torque. Smaller bits turn faster than larger-diameter bits, but larger-diameter bits have more torque. A faster, smaller-diameter bit will work well for digging cohesive soils like clay or granular soils like sand. For harder materials like asphalt, concrete, or frozen or compacted soils, a larger, higher torque 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 a mid-range diameter bit would be ideal.