Congratulations. You’re the proud owner of a new (or new to you) piece of compact equipment. While most machines are purchased with a bucket, different work requires different compact equipment attachments. To help you get started, we identified the top attachments in four major industries – construction, landscaping, agriculture and grounds maintenance. Take a look at this industry list and see how you can boost your productivity with the right attachment.
Top Equipment Attachments for Construction
If you are a commercial, residential, infrastructure or utility contractor, construction equipment attachments need to be as tough as your machines to withstand whatever comes your way. You don’t always have a large fleet at your disposal, so versatility is important when you are expected to be a jack-of-all-trades. Top 10 Construction Attachments
- Bucket
- Pallet fork
- Auger
- Breaker
- Sweeper
- Industrial/root grapple
- Hydraulic clamp (for compact excavators)
- Brushcat™ rotary cutter
- Laser accessories (for grading attachments)
- Snow blade
Most Popular Landscape Industry Equipment Attachments
If you are a landscaper, you are always looking for new ways to expand your business and your services. Pairing your machines with a variety of compact equipment attachments is one way to do this. The right attachments can help you handle a variety of tasks – planting trees, clearing land, installing irrigation lines, creating paths, placing landscape materials, moving pallets or removing snow.
Top 10 Attachments in Landscaping
- Bucket
- Pallet fork
- Auger
- Hydraulic clamp (for compact excavators)
- Snowblower
- Trencher
- Snow blade
- Industrial/root grapple
- Sweeper
- Soil conditioner
Agriculture Industry’s Top Equipment Attachments
If you’re running a beef-cattle, dairy or row crop operation, it’s important to make the most of compact equipment attachments on your property. You demand versatile equipment and attachments that can stand up to those never-ending chores, including feeding livestock, mending fences, removing snow and managing manure.
Top 10 Attachments in Agriculture
- Bucket
- Auger
- Brushcat™ rotary cutter
- Industrial/root grapple
- Utility grapple
- Snowblower
- Snow blade
- Pallet fork
- Bale fork
- Mower
Top Equipment Attachments for Grounds Maintenance
It takes a flexible set of attachments to stay profitable year-round if you’re working in grounds maintenance. Whether you’re clearing snow in February in a retail parking lot, mowing overgrown brush in June on a corporate property or clearing leaves in October on a university campus, the right lineup of compact equipment attachments can keep your machines productive in every season.
Top 10 Attachments in Ground Maintenance
- Snow bucket
- Snow blade
- Angle broom
- Sweeper
- Industrial/root grapple
- Brushcat™ rotary cutter
- Auger
- Spreader
- Pallet fork
These are industry lists – starting points to think about which compact equipment attachments make sense for the work you do. Every business and market are different, so research the right attachments or talk to your local compact equipment dealer to learn what attachments are best for your application.