Products

 

R&D Excavator Buckets

RD general purpose bucket 2
RD general purpose bucket 2
  • All the ground-engaging parts are made from wear-resistant materials
  • Buckets can be designed per customer specifications
  • Hardened steel bushings are available for buckets
  • All fitting and welding is done by qualified personnel

Buckets are available in many styles; extra heavy-duty general purpose, severe service buckets, extreme severe service buckets, etc.  Our buckets are built with structural integrity for long service life with continuous weld.

RD severe service bucket
RD severe service bucket
  • Excavator buckets can be equipped with a variety of tooth options
  • Available in pin-on and various quick coupler styles
  • All fitting and welding is done by qualified personnel

 

 

 

 

R&D Ditching Buckets

RD ditching bucket
RD ditching bucket
R & D Ditching buckets have a tapered design to eliminate binding and have an open profile to make it easier to fill and dump. R & D Ditching buckets are used for slope work, ditching, grading, backfilling, and waste handling.
  • R & D ditching buckets are constructed with AR 400 material in high-wear areas.
  • Lips are drilled for replaceable bolt-on cutting edges or drilled to match customer’s supplied edges.
  • Available in pin-on and various quick coupler styles
  • All fitting and welding done by qualified personnel

 

 

 

R&D Land Clearing Rake with Quick Hitch

 

The tine shapes are such that a thumb is not required for efficient loading and unloading.  Our open web design allows for good ground penetration and soil recovery.

  • Available in pin-on and various quick coupler styles
  • R & D Land Clearing Rakes can be equipped with a variety of tooth options.
  • All fitting and welding is done by qualified personnel

 

 

 

 

R&D Ripper Tools

 

RD ripper point2
RD ripper point2
Reduces stress exerted on machines and buckets with its ripping ability- powerful enough to rip through rock, frost, etc.
  • Can be designed per customer specifications
  • Rippers can be equipped with a variety of tooth options
  • Available in pin-on and various quick coupler styles
  • R & D rippers are fabricated out of AR 400 material
  • All fitting and welding is done by qualified personnel

 

 

 

 

R&D Hydraulic Tilt Ditching Bucket

RD tilt with coupler
RD tilt with coupler
1.25 yd. 60” OLW Hydraulic Tilt Ditching Bucket mounted on a 200 class excavator with a quick coupler.  Constructed out of high-strength material, heavy duty cylinders c/w self-aligning bearing in each end. 
  • Buckets can be designed per customer specifications
  • Hardened steel bushings are available for buckets
  • 2 oversized hydraulic cylinders tilt the bucket up to 60 degrees in each direction.  The complete tilt mechanism is fabricated from high-strength material and all the pins are made from chrome induction

R & D tilt ditching buckets have a tapered design to eliminate binding and have an open profile to make it easier to fill and dump.  R & D tilt ditching buckets are constructed with AR 400 material in high-wear areas

  • Lips are drilled for replaceable bolt-on cutting edges, or drilled to match customer-supplied edges.
  • Available in pin-on and various quick coupler styles.
  • All fitting and welding is done by qualified personnel.

 

 

R&D Hydraulic Wedge Style Quick Connect Coupler

RD hydr wedge style quick conn coupler
RD hydr wedge style quick conn coupler
  • Interchangeable with QC’s: 0 – 1 – 2 – 2.5 – 3
  • Kits available to convert manual couplers to hydraulic
  • Designed to be as compact as possible
  • Lock bar is held in by two methods: Double acting hydraulic cylinder and two high strength springs.
  • Maintains tip radius and pin center to center as our existing manual couplers.
  • Complete installation kit supplied including: Hydraulic hoses, Fittings, Valve, Boom clamps, and Electrical push button.

 

 

R&D Quick Coupler non-"pin-to-pin" Dependent

RD quick coupler non pin to pin
RD quick coupler non pin to pin
With our new coupler you will have interchangeability between different classes and makes of excavators;
  • Our QC #1 Coupler will pick up attachments from a class 100 (10 ton) to a class 160 (16 ton)
  • Our QC #2 Coupler will pick up attachments from a class 160 (16 ton) to a class 220 (22 ton)
  • Our QC #3 Coupler will pick up attachments from a class 250 (25 ton) to a class 330 (33 ton)

This new coupler system still has all the features of our existing quick coupler.

  • Maintains OEM-specified tip radius
  • Maintains machine breakout force
  • The locking bar and bolts are oversized
  • Mounts onto excavator using existing pins