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Choose the right wheel loader bucket

The right wheel loader bucket attachment can maximize work efficiency and productivity.

One of the ways to minimize wear on your wheel loader is to have suitable bucket attachments for your site works. However, this selection is not always prioritized by contractors.

With the options given below, you will know the various loader bucket types. As well as some of the important elements to consider for a specific application.

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What are the types of wheel loader buckets?

General-purpose bucket

The general-purpose bucket is universally used and known for the best function of maximum filling and material retention. So, this heavy-duty attachment is good for a wide array of wheel loader applications if your project work handles more than one job and material. This wheel loader bucket is the recommended choice for stockpiling and rehandling.

Light material bucket

If your project works with loose-packed, light material loads such as coal, wood chips, peat moss, the light material bucket are specially designed for you.

Although this wheel loader bucket type has a low carrying capacity, having a bigger capacity attachment will only take up space in your storage area. They then produce wastage since the materials carried are not at par with their maximum capability.

Multipurpose loader bucket type

Multipurpose wheel loader buckets are basically versatile as they work for various applications. This includes dozing, material handling, back-filling, back-dragging, light grading, grappling, excavating, high dumping, and many more other uses.

Moreover, this type of loader bucket typically has a high carrying capacity so it is the ideal choice if your project involves a variety of materials.

Rock bucket

Rock buckets can handle materials such as rocks and concrete debris in mining, quarry, and large-scale road applications. They incredibly withstand extreme abrasion from such heavy materials which makes them very versatile.

Woodchip wheel loader bucket

The most common industries that use a woodchip bucket are landscaping, agricultural, forestry, and other light plant matter applications. You can also use this wheel loader bucket in the woodchip industry to collect and place piles of woodchips for use.

In addition, you too have the option to customize your buckets from wheel loader bucket manufacturers. You may come across buckets that are specialized in certain applications such as side dumping, trash or scrap grappling, coal, produce, silage, fertilizer, and more.

So, this bucket type is a great choice for you if you have the budget and storage capacity for a wider collection of wheel loader bucket attachments.

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How is a wheel loader bucket capacity measured?

There are several procedures when picking your attachment regardless if it’s new or a used loader bucket:

1. Firstly, look for your wheel loader’s manual. It lists all the bucket attachments it can safely and effectively support.

2. Review the specs of bucket attachments to comply with the original manufacturer’s instructions.

3. Identify the average density of materials your wheel loader needs to handle on a daily basis.

4. Select the bucket according to the heaviest material you use in your project. Also, consider the increased material density when it is wet.

5. General purpose bucket – for day-to-day material handling with different densities.

6. Light material bucket – when handling large loads of lighter materials.

7. Multipurpose bucket – when handling granular and irregularly shaped materials.

All in all, always be mindful that you should never push your wheel loader beyond its specified limits. You will then only reduce its performance efficiency and increase the wear and tear of the heavy equipment.


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What Type of Wheel Loader Bucket Is Best for Your Application?

The versatility of a wheel loader bucket complements work efficiency and cost effectiveness of projects in a variety of industries.

As a whole, we want to make your bucket choosing experience easy. Being one of the leading heavy machinery manufacturers in Malaysia, we provide only the best heavy machinery and attachments for your project needs.

Reach out to us for a consultation session today.

Suggested read: Factors to consider when buying or renting a wheel loader.

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