What is a Crushing Bucket?

A crushing bucket is a hydraulically driven bucket that can be easily attached to an excavator, wheel loader, backhoe-loader or skid steer (from 4 to above 70 tonnes), by taking advantage of the hydraulic system of the excavator to which it is fitted.

Crushing buckets perfect for crushing inert materials directly on site, including rock, hardcore, stone, tile, concrete, glass and asphalt.  This allows on-site recycling and reuse of waste materials.

A crushing bucket is typically available with different crushing blades to adapt to the specific material-handling requirements, usually between 15-200mm and a bucket can range from 750kg to 10 tonnes in weight.

They are ideal for a range of applications and are predominantly used in the construction, demolition, recycling, landscaping, mining, quarrying and farming industries.

Crushing buckets have many advantages:

• It crushes materials directly on site
• Only one bucket is required to demolish, crush, recycle and load materials
• It reduces the use of mechanical pieces of equipment
• It solves the problem of having to dispose of demolition materials offsite
• It cuts down on time, transportation and manpower costs
• It is ideal for small and large worksites
• It allows materials to be recycled, resulting in significant savings
• It offers enhanced operator safety, reduced transport costs and quick installation and changeover
• It is much more versatile than traditional and cumbersome crushing plant
• It can be used to load materials, eliminating the use of another bucket needed with traditional crushers
• In conclusion, a crushing bucket saves time, money, manpower, transportation and the environment.