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Digging and ditching

Forestry bucket

On the left, reinforced body and ripping teeth for stumps, stones and roots. On the right, an ordinary bucket comes out of forest ground holed and bent out of shape. Computer-generated image.
Left: reinforced body and ripping teeth for stumps, stones and roots. Right: an ordinary bucket comes out of forest ground holed and bent out of shape. Computer-generated image.

Stumps, roots, stones, soil mixed with wood.
Forest ground does not wear a bucket the way fill does:
it punctures it.

Other names for this tool: stump bucket, reinforced forestry bucket, root bucket, plot clearing bucket.

The essentials
Family
Digging and ditching
Classes (t)
All
Coupler
All, by plate
Power source
None — passive tool

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01 Use

What it is for

On the left, reinforced body and ripping teeth for stumps, stones and roots. On the right, an ordinary bucket comes out of forest ground holed and bent out of shape. Computer-generated image.
reinforced body and ripping teeth for stumps, stones and roots an ordinary bucket comes out of forest ground holed and bent out of shape
Left: reinforced body and ripping teeth for stumps, stones and roots.
Right: an ordinary bucket comes out of forest ground holed and bent out of shape.
What sets it apart:
it takes sharp and violent forces, at points that are never the same.
Computer-generated image.

The soil of a wooded plot mixes everything:
hard wood, stone, soil and roots that are still holding.
A bucket working there takes sharp and violent forces, at points that are never the same.

Hence a reinforced body, protected sides and bottom, and teeth chosen to tear out rather than to penetrate.
It is used for stump removal, for clearing a plot and for picking up brash mixed with soil.

“Forestry bucket” does not designate the same tool from one catalogue to another. Some mean a reinforced bucket, others a grapple bucket, others again a rake.
We do not settle it for you:
describe the work, we will name the tool. See the stump-pulling claw.

02 Key technical data

On which machine?

It fits a machine from 1,9 to 10 t.
As for couplers: all quick couplers via a mounting plate, or directly on the pins.

What the tool does

Its weight: we calculate it with you for your machine.

What is needed on the hydraulic side

The power it needs: we calculate it with you for your machine.

Figures taken from our models on the market.
Your study sets the exact value for your machine.

How to read these values →

03 Your study

Have your machine checked.

Describe the plot and what you have to take out of it:
stumps, stones, brash, or all at once.
We will tell you whether it is a bucket, a claw or a grapple that you need.

What we need to answer you
  • Your machine Its make and its tonnage.
  • The auxiliary circuit Its flow in l/min, its pressure in bar, single- or double-acting.
  • The coupler in place Its system and its class.
  • The work The use, and the material.

Without these details, the study still begins: we will ask you for them.

Book an appointment with the specialist

Or call 01 84 16 55 49 · our lines are open 7 days a week, from 7h to 22h.

Written study within 3 working days, once the file is complete.

Forestry rake with widely spaced tines lifting a stump with its roots, the soil falling between the tines
Widely spaced tines, no bottom:
the stump and its roots stay held, and the soil falls back between the tines.
It is the most common form of the tool — catalogues also name two others.
Synthetic image.
04 Choice

What determines the choice

  • 01 — The work aimed at Tearing out, gathering, loading, sorting:
    these are four different tools, not four options.
  • 02 — The protection of the bottom and the sides It is the root and the stone that pierce, not the soil.
  • 03 — The teeth Long to get under the stump, sturdy to take a lever force.
  • 04 — Holding what is being torn out A thumb or a grapple that holds the stump during the pull changes the work.
05 Check

What is checked before ordering

  • The nature of the stand and of the soil Conifers or broadleaves, stony, clay or peaty soil.
  • The size of the stumps to be taken up It decides the machine before it decides the tool.
  • The protection of the machine Rams and glazing are exposed in a forest.
  • The interface Coupler designation or pin dimensions.
Pulling out the stump
Gathering and sorting
Protecting the machine
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