How To Choose Right Wheel Loader Bucket ?

When you choose a wheel loader, there are many options to weigh: size, power, technology, comfort and safety features, but the important one is the bucket. This is because choosing the wrong bucket can have a negative impact by reducing productivity, increasing fuel consumption and causing premature wear. In fact, a wrong choice can increase your costs by 10 to 20 per cent. So how do you make the right choice? You need to understand the purpose of different buckets to make the right choice. Here's a look at the different buckets.

 

 

1. Common Bucket

 

Ordinary bucket is the most widely used type of loader bucket, with simple design, low manufacturing cost, solid structure, good durability, and according to the need to add cutting edge, scraper and teeth and other accessories to adapt to the use of different working conditions.

 

 

2. Sieve Bucket

 

Sieve bucket is a kind of bucket used in screening, loading ash, cinder and other work sites. The sieve bucket has fine holes on the bucket body, which can screen out the objects in the cinder and ash, and make the loading more pure and efficient.

 

 

3. Grab Bucket

 

Grab Bucket is a multi-purpose bucket suitable for handling materials such as rubbish, ore, gravel, concrete and so on. It has two kinds of open and closed type, open type grapple is suitable for large granular materials, closed type grapple is suitable for small granular materials. In addition, the grapple can be attached with rotating mechanism, hydraulic system or electrical control system for more convenient manipulation.

 

 

4. Rock Buckets

 

Rock hoppers are usually designed with heavier materials and thicker head plates to withstand greater impact and wear. They can also be fitted with additional liners or short tines to provide better protection against digging in heavier materials such as dirt and rock.

 

 

5. Operator Buckets

 

The operating bucket is commonly used in heavy industry and on construction sites to lift heavy loads of materials, coal, concrete, workshop waste etc. It has two kinds of fork shape and pallet shape, the former is suitable for lifting pallet materials and stacking temporary shelves, the latter is suitable for equipment and metal parts and other materials handling.

 

 

6. Sweeping Bucket

 

Sweeping bucket is a kind of bucket suitable for sweeping work, with curved cutter or straight cutter, which can remove dirt, snow, rubbish or debris and other items on the road through special material and structure.