Cheat Sheet for the Most Common Heavy Equipment Parts and Attachments

Heavy equipment go by so many names it is often times hard to keep track of their functions. For example, a large number of machinery falls under the earth-moving equipment  tools classification. As stated by the name, such tools are usually huge and can handle many moving-related functions. Skid steers are another very flexible, helpful and useful type heavy equipment. It is also given several other names such as slide loader or slide steer loader etc. The skid steer is similar to a small sized excavator and this heavy machine can complete various types of construction tasks.

The heavy skid steer machine is widely considered as the most flexible device with the main reason behind it being its ability to move different types of heavy loads through its machinery attachments. These equipment attachments are specially designed and made to perform many specialized construction tasks.

Here are some of the more common skid steer attachments together with their respective construction uses in the work field.

• Dozer blades: This is an extremely helpful accessory for grading, reshaping and pushing soil.
• Hydraulic spreaders: This machinery part is used to evenly spread soil or salt on ice during winter seasons and fertilizers, seeds or grass during warmer seasons.
• Backhoe attachment: This attachment is very helpful as it assists with performing various digging and mining related tasks.
• Bucket sweeper: This attachment also helps perform several tasks, especially cleaning off huge materials. It also goes by its sister name, the angled broom.
• Hydraulic breaker: Using this attachment, operators are able to break apart larger hard construction materials such as heavy rocks and concrete.

There are also some other construction equipment attachments that are used to perform several related projects like demolition, truck loading and fence-hole drilling.

• Pallet forks: This attachment helps with picking up heavy construction pipes and pallets.
• Pallet box rake: This attachment helps tear up grass and weeds while also assisting with debris and stone removal.
• Trencher attachments: This accessory is used specifically for digging small ditches ranging from two to six feet deep.

The above machinery attachments are very famous and more often than not these heavy machinery parts are what you would see at a construction site, or even at a tree clearing zone and other different construction operations. In this modern age of revolutionary technology, advancements are happening very rapidly where more and more attachable improvements are introduced to the market, simplifying uncountable construction tasks. Due to this, many modern techniques have been invented in order to easily operate heavy equipment machines and their attachments.

You should always ensure that all the heavy machinery parts and attachments are working correctly before using them. Also, if you are using a bulldozer or backhoe then you have to be very careful and you should put all arms and blades on the ground before and after usage. When shutting down your construction equipment, then you should also note that all the attachments are secured before leaving. Many people use heavy metal straps, huge chains and hooks to protect the machine’s attachments. It is very essential to secure your equipment attachments because they are very costly to replace.