Products
R&D Excavator Buckets


- 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.


- 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


- 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


- 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


- 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


- 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


- 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