Your Guide to Choosing the Right Bobcat Attachment for the Job

Maximizing efficiency at your job site is all about using the right equipment for the task at hand. Whether you’re working on landscaping projects, completing a construction job, tearing down a property, or want to expand your reach into other services such as snow removal, Bobcat attachments improve efficiency, productivity, and earning potential.

Here’s our guide to choosing the right Bobcat attachments for your job in order to optimize your performance.

What are Bobcat attachments?

Bobcat attachments are designed to make the most of your equipment, expanding capabilities to tackle a broader range of jobs. Bobcat machines are highly versatile pieces of equipment that make the job easier, and attachments improve that versatility while enhancing efficiency and productivity. With over 70+ attachments in the Bobcat lineup, we likely have what you may need. Popular examples include:

• Buckets
• Augers
• Pallet forks
• Grapples
• Hydraulic tools such as breakers or tilt couplers
• Angle brooms
• Trenchers
• Snow pushers/blades
• Rotary tillers
• Landplanes
• Brush cutters
• Flail mowers
• Soil conditioners

Identify Your Needs to Find Suitable Bobcat Attachments

With so many attachments available, it’s important to consider the job and what tools will help you perform the task efficiently. For example, what similar work situations has your team encountered? If the job is a landscaping project, are you clearing overgrowth, transplanting trees, or laying down gravel? Maybe you want to expand your services to include snow removal, or you’ve clear-cut an area for a pool and need to remove some tree stumps?

The tasks required determine the suitable attachments, whether you’re digging, excavating, lifting heavy materials, raking large areas of soil, etc. In many cases, you are looking for Bobcat attachments to avoid common challenges such as working on uneven ground. When you identify your needs, you can narrow down your choices and find the ideal work tools to complete the job as efficiently and safely as possible.

Ensure Your Bobcat Attachments Are Compatible

When choosing Bobcat attachments, the work tools must be compatible with your specific machine, including:

• Skid-steer loader attachments
• Compact track loader attachments
• Mini track loader attachments
• Compact excavator (mini excavator) attachments
• Compact tractor attachments and implements
• Toolcat™ utility work machine attachments and implements
• Wheel loader attachments
• Articulated loader attachments

Check your Bobcat’s model number to confirm that the attachments you are considering are designed to work with your equipment. The Bobcat attachment catalogue provides a list of the approved machines under each attachment description to make it easier to find compatible work tools.

Understand Bobcat Attachment Functions

There is practically a Bobcat attachment to help you perform any job. Understanding the specific functions of the attachments often opens up new possibilities. The most common attachments include the following:

• Buckets: Buckets come in task-specific options used for lifting and grading as well as general-purpose buckets used to scoop, dig, and move materials at a job site. Combination buckets allow you to pivot to different tasks, whether you need a grapple, clamshell, or dozer.
• Augers: Augers drill holes in the ground and are available in heavy-duty designs for work in harder-to-penetrate areas such as rock or hard-packed soil.
• Grapples: Grapples grasp large odd-shaped objects such as boulders and rocks, timber or fallen trees, or construction materials like heavy metal beams or concrete.
• Forks: Fork attachments are used to lift and move materials. These attachments are available to tackle different types of loads, such as bale forks for hay or pallet forks for manoeuvring materials on pallets.
• Trenchers: Trenchers efficiently dig long narrow trenches for projects such as drainage systems in landscaping or laying pipes at construction sites. They work well with packer wheels to ensure the trench is safely compacted.
• Sweepers: Sweepers are rotating brooms used to move and collect debris. They can be used in conjunction with water kits to reduce dust.
• Blades: Blades can be used for a wide variety of jobs, such as levelling, backfilling, and snow removal. They are available in V-blades to help control the direction of the snow.
• Breakers: Breakers are jackhammer attachments used to break up concrete and rock.
• Cutters, saws, and mowers: Cutters such as rotary brushcutters, flail cutters, and brush saws tackle dense vegetation and smaller trees. Flail mowers quickly cut down heavy grass and brush, providing both a rough cutting and a finish cutting tool.
• Chippers and grinders: Chippers reduce debris, allowing landscapers and excavators to quickly chip wood into easily moveable and reusable mulch. Stump grinders complete the job of tree removal while allowing you to turn the wood into mulch.
• Concrete attachments: Concrete mixers and pumps allow you to lay concrete more efficiently, especially in difficult-to-reach areas.
• Rakes: Rakes can be used to both even out soil and remove debris to create a clean surface.
• Seeders: Seeders improve efficiency by spreading seed at a rate of two acres per hour. You can also adjust the seeder to place seeds based on specific depths and spacing.
• Sod layers: Landscapers can take on more work across diverse sizes of properties with a sod layer that adapts to both large and small spaces.
• Silt fence installers: Install silt fences at construction sites at thousands of feet per hour and easily side shift to avoid obstacles.
• Snowblowers: The perfect tool for property managers, landlords, and superintendents, snowblowers quickly clear snow from driveways, sidewalks, and parking lots to improve compliance.
• Tree spades: Dig customized holes to accommodate five root-ball sizes and transplant trees efficiently.

Bobcat attachments transform your equipment into a versatile tool designed to tackle a broader range of tasks. You can improve efficiency with minimal investment, expand your capabilities, and elevate your ability to meet the needs of your customers. Bobcat attachments offer durability and flexibility, providing a budget-friendly way to expand the scope of your projects.

Contact the Bobcat Heavy Equipment Experts

As Canada’s largest Bobcat dealer network, Oaken Equipment can help you find the most versatile Bobcat attachments for your machine. Our experienced staff is here to answer your questions, assess your needs, and recommend the best solutions to enhance the performance and capabilities of your Bobcat machine.

For more information about our Bobcat attachments, or to learn more about the variety of other machines available, call Oaken Equipment at 1-888-625-3611 or contact us here.