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What is a Soil Screener?

01 Jun 2025

A Soil Screener is a bucket attachment that screens multiple products but can be used to screen soil.

A soil screening bucket can be attached to excavators, wheel loaders, backhoe-loaders or skid steers (ranging from 1 to above 40 tonnes).  It is hydraulically driven, easy to use and versatile.

It features a number of screening blades made up in different configurations (usually from 15-75mm spacing) to allow different particle sizes (from 0-70mm) of screened material depending on the requirements of the job.

Applications for Soil Screeners

Soil screeners are useful for a variety of applications:

  • Screening Topsoil: preparing topsoil for projects such as landscaping, sports fields and large gardens.
  • Padding and Backfilling: screening excavated materials for reuse padding pipeline and cables.

Often used in conjunction with a crushing bucket, soil screeners can help to reduce crushing times by up to 60%, allowing you to salvage materials suited to the type of job being carried out and to manage and reuse them in the best way possible.

Soil Screener for Sale or Hire

Speak to the team at Worsley Plant today and discover our range of new and used soil screeners available to buy or hire.