Digbits boosts buckets

Previously mini excavators came complete with general pupose digging buckets. Applications such as cable TV and utilities work have increased demand for more robustly constructed trenching buckets, claims bucket manufacturer Digbits.

When civil engineering contractor J Murphy began cable duct laying work in the Wolverhampton area, the buckets on its Kubota KX41 machines wore rapidly. Cannock-based Digbits developed a heavy duty digging bucket to withstand arduous duties. These were tested to the maximum during work in the Black Country, where the steel work slag found underneath the pavements is extremely abrasive.

Bolt-on sidecutters protect the bucket sides and are easily replaced. Thicker back plates are reinforced with wear straps.

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