Maintain digging power, eliminate pin-pounding and perform fast, effective attachment changes. Quick coupler excavator attachments are available in both mechanical and hydraulic models.
Excavator quick coupler attachments are designed to dig based on a specific bucket curl or rotation. Pin grabbing quick couplers create a space between the end of the stick and the bucket. This space of the quick attach excavator bucket can be as much as 8 to 13 inches. This results in a loss of digging power by as much as 25%! The larger the machine, the greater the loss in breakout force without an excavator hydraulic quick coupler.
“Everytime I rolled my pin-grabber back, it would hit the curl cylinder. I removed my pin-grabber and put a WedgeBolt on the end of my Gehl 503Z. What a difference! It made it feel and act like a totally different machine. It gave me noticeably more digging power, plus it lightened up my front end.”
– Bobby Ramsey, Ramsey Excavating, Laughlintown, PA
Shown above: Mechanical Wedgebolt Coupler
Shown above: Hydraulic Wedgebolt Coupler
With our mechanical models of this excavator bucket quick coupler, the operator simply removes two bolts and a wedge bar, switches attachments, and reinserts the bolts. No fuss. The Positive-Locking Action of this wedge lock coupler prevents movement of the attachments. The entire procedure takes less than five minutes.
Above: A Kenco Heavy Duty Ripper designed to work with a Wedgebolt Coupler is being used by Oakridge Trenching and Excavation of Elkins, WV.
Remove the existing lugs from any of your current attachments
Make a pattern of the cutoff lugs onto the new attachment lugs and cut them out
Weld the new lugs onto the bucket in place of the set you removed
Cover with a fresh coat of paint, hook up to the coupler, and you’ve got a like-new attachment at just a fraction of the cost!
STOP POUNDING PINS
