Construction Plant World 17th May 2018

EDITORIAL FOCUS ON BUCKET TECHNOLOGY
continues to grow its portfolio of
Worksite Pro attachments with the
introduction of its roll-out bucket
offerings. The RB72, RB84 and RB96
models are designed to best match
the attachment to the machine.
Optimised for Deere G-series
compact track loaders and K-series
compact wheel loaders (RB84 and
RB96 only), the buckets provide an
additional 863mm of dump reach
when fully extended.
The latest Deere buckets utilise the
compact wheel loader or compact
track loader’s auxiliary hydraulics to
roll out and dump material – in
order to achieve a significantly
higher dump height. Rather than
requiring the machine hinge pin to
be raised higher than the hopper for
dumping, the roll-out bucket pivots
near its cutting edge for additional
dump height. Some 114° of roll-out
provides for material spillage
control.
For added durability, the buckets
incorporate high-strength, largediameter
pivot pins. To further
enhance ease-of-use, the universal,
self-cleaning Quik-Tatch attachment
system allows operators to switch
from one type of attachment to
another in seconds, says Deere. Three
bucket widths are available: the
1,829mm RB72, the 2,134mm RB84
and the 2,489mm RB96.
Elsewhere, among the recent
introductions from Whites Material
Handling is the UK-manufactured
LPX excavator bucket, which is
designed for use with quick couplers
for machines from 1.5 to 9.0 tonnes.
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