6 Must-Have Excavator Attachments: Costs and more

We all know that excavators are great for digging holes and clearing sites, but with additional excavator attachments, you can accomplish a whole lot more. After all, why bother buying yet another expensive piece of heavy equipment when you can find equally effective excavator attachments for sale? From demolition work to grading surfaces, this list of must-have excavator attachments (and mini excavator attachments) will help you get the most out of your machine – and cut down on costs!

• Auger – These excavator attachments will save on time and increase productivity by digging precise holes with more speed than the bucket attachment. These must-have excavator attachments are perfect for constructing fences and planting trees
  • Augers typically cost between $200 and $400.
• Breaker / Hammer – These hydraulic hammer excavator attachments can smash apart concrete and difficult types of rocks. Certain kinds of breakers can dig, chisel through walls while not damaging rebar, and compact soil.
  • Breakers can cost anywhere from under $1,000 (for mini excavator attachments) to over $10,000, depending on the size and design features.
• Clamp / Thumb – These excavator attachments add a thumb-like grip to the bucket so that you can pick up bulky items like boulders, trees, and rubble, making them popular mini excavator attachments in both the landscaping and construction industries.
  • Clamps often cost between $350 and $450.
• Drop Hammer – Though less accurate than breakers, these excavator attachments have more force, allowing them to power through concrete slabs, parking lots, and driveways.
  • The average price can vary, though they are more expensive than breakers.
• Flail Mower – Landscapists need a heavy-duty mower that can handle wild grass and thick brush (with up to a 4-inch diameter), and that’s where these lightweight mini excavator attachments excel.
  • The average flaw mower costs about $300.
• Grading Blade – These excavator (but more often mini excavator) attachments let you smooth over surfaces, and they are especially popular for roadwork.
  • Grading blades are usually between $750 and $2,500.

Quick Coupler Systems

An excavator with a quick coupler system is perfect for frequently switching excavator attachments with a minimal amount of time and effort. A quick coupler system hooks up to your 3-point hitch in such a way that you only need to back up the excavator and lift it into place to get it to work. Some quick coupler systems can do this automatically with a remote, and others require the operator to do it manually.

• Some excavator attachments for sale require special hitches, so in order to avoid any potential compatibility issues, you might want to a buy a hitch for each new attachment (they cost about $150 to $300 and over per hitch).

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