Legal notice

01 Publisher

Site publisher

This site is published by À LA PELLE, a company registered on 8 September 2026 with the Paris trade and companies register.
Arnaud Dufour is its manager and sole shareholder.
The information below is mandatory for any professional website.

• Company name À LA PELLE
• Trading name À la pelle
• Legal form Limited liability company with a single shareholder
• Share capital 1.00 euro
• Registered office 47 rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris
• Trade register number 109 651 257 R.C.S. Paris
• SIREN number 109 651 257
• Registry Paris Economic Activities Court
• Date of registration 8 September 2026
• Publication director Arnaud Dufour, manager
• Telephone 01 84 16 55 49
• E-mail address contact@a-la-pelle.com

03 Personal data

Processing of your data

Processing subject to regulation (EU) 2016/679 and to French law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended.

• Purpose To study the compatibility request sent through the form and to answer it.
  No other use.
• Legal basis The pre-contractual measures taken at your request, and your consent, obtained through a tick box that is not pre-ticked.
• Data collected Name, company, e-mail address, telephone, postcode of the site, and the technical data of the machine that you provide.
• Compulsory character Only the work to be done, the name, the e-mail address and the consent are needed to process a request.
  The rest is optional.
• Recipients Arnaud Dufour, manager, and he alone. The data is neither sold, nor transferred, nor sent outside the European Union, and goes through no form provider:
  the form is handled by the site itself.
  Audience measurement, if you accept it, is described in article 04 and does not receive what you enter in the form.
• Where it is, and where it is not The information sent through the form is used to handle your request.
  It is passed on to À LA PELLE to be followed up in its local ERP.
  The site does not keep the content of your request:
  it only keeps a technical log (date and reference) to limit abuse.
  
  If, on the other hand, you tick “keep my details”, your information is kept after the reply, in a customer file held by the manager, on his own computer and not on this site.
  That file is accessible from the internet by nobody. If you do not tick that box, your request serves that request and nothing else.
• The three authorisations, and why they are separate Answering your request is the purpose of the form, and the only compulsory box. Keeping your details so that you do not have to type everything again is another thing. Writing to you about new products is a third, and that is marketing:
  it is unticked by default and never conditions the sending. Mixing them into a single box would be making you say yes to what you have not chosen.
• Retention period Without the “keep my details” box:
  three months. The time to process your request, answer it and follow up once if you do not reply — then everything is deleted. Three months can be checked; “the time to process your request” cannot be checked, and a period that cannot be checked is not a period at all.
  With that box:
  three years from the last contact, after which the record is deleted without your having to ask.
• Your rights Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, portability, and withdrawal of consent at any time.
• Exercising your rights Write to contact@a-la-pelle.com, stating what you are asking for. The request is handled by the manager himself, Arnaud Dufour, data controller. You have no justification to give in order to ask for the erasure of your data.

05 Intellectual property

Site content

The texts of this site are the property of its publisher.
Their reproduction without prior written authorisation is prohibited.

The designations of coupler systems mentioned on this site — type S, type CW, Klac, Morin and others — are given for the purpose of technical identification, to allow the visitor to recognise their own equipment.
They remain the property of their respective holders.
Their mention implies no approval on their part.

The technical diagrams on the site are original productions of the publisher.

Photographic credits

The photographs on the site today come from two sources, indicated under each image.
A third existed and no longer does:
it is described below, because erasing it would be less honest than explaining it.

• Manufacturer source — none at all, since 27/08/2026 Seven photographs supplied by a partner distributor illustrated this site from 16 to 27 August 2026. They have all been withdrawn:
  two in the morning — the flail mower one, which carried a manufacturer's mark legible in large letters, and the quick coupler one — and the last five in the afternoon. No image on this site is now the property of a third party, apart from the real photographs listed below, published under a free licence or in the public domain.
• Real photographs, under a free licence or in the public domain The origin of each one is checked file by file, and its credit appears under the image.
  NPK GH-07 breaker on a micro-excavator — Cjp24, own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Saint-Satur (Cher), 27 May 2013.
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NPK_GH-07_breaker_fitted_to_a_mini-excavator_1.jpg
  Aerial view of a site, on the home page cover — Excavators working on the A417 Missing Link, by TCExplorer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Gloucestershire (England), 8 June 2024.
  Published first on Geograph Britain and Ireland, then transferred to Wikimedia Commons by a bot:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Excavators_working_on_the_A417_Missing_Link_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7793852.jpg
  Both are reproduced without cropping or retouching; the aerial view has only been reduced from 1,920 to 1,400 pixels wide for display, the original file being kept.
  Licence texts:
  creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 and /by-sa/2.0
  Crimped hydraulic hose, page “Auxiliary hydraulic line” — Ilmtaler, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hydraulikschlauch.jpg
  Bucket resting on the ground, page “Mini-excavator quick coupler” — Richard REVEL, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/the-bucket-of-a-power-shovel-excavator-on-the-ground-11576765
  Electronic load cell under an overhead crane, page “Load cell and load limiter” — Friedmannskalle, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gießereikranwaage_im_Einsatz.jpg
  Track of mats over the grass, page “Ground protection mats” — Dave Spicer, CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0), first published on Geograph Britain and Ireland.
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temporary_roadway_on_Hat_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2566314.jpg
  Laying an absorbent sock, page “Spill absorbent kit” — USFWS Mountain Prairie, public domain (work of a US federal service).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laying_Boom_(5920038776).jpg
  Line of socks across a wetland, same page — USFWS Mountain Prairie, public domain (work of a US federal service).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pickup_of_Soiled_Pads_(5920073048).jpg
  These six photographs are reproduced without cropping or retouching, only reduced to 1,400 pixels wide; the original files are kept.
  Hoses along an excavator arm, page “Auxiliary hydraulic line” — Jan van der Wolf, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-an-industrial-excavator-arm-against-clear-sky-30094678
  Spring-guarded hoses connected to a cylinder, same page — Peter Dyllong, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-industrial-machinery-with-hydraulic-components-36532643
  Automatic coupler plate and its coupling block, fitted to a bucket — StromBer, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OilQuick-Kupplung.jpg
  Winch at the rear of a forestry tractor, page “Hydraulic winch” — Naturpuur, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holzbringung_mit_Traktor_und_Seilwinde.jpg
  Mechanical dial scale, page “Load cell and load limiter” — Fst76 at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mechanische_2-t-Kranwaage.jpg
  Flail mower at the roadside, page “Rotary mulcher and flail mower” — Accoroutiste, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epareuse.JPG
  Hammers on a mulcher rotor, same page — Alupus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mähschlegel.JPG
  Hedge trimming with an articulated arm, same page — Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:-2018-10-02_Hedge_trimming,_Hall_Road,_Gimingham.JPG
  These eight photographs have been retouched:
  a brand, an inscription or a badge removed, and a face blurred on one of them; the retouching of each is stated under the image.
  Seven have also been reduced to 1,400 pixels wide.
  The retouched versions remain under the licence of their original, and the original files are kept.
  Breaker in a quarry, page “Hydraulic breaker” — Willians Huerta, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/excavator-operating-in-rocky-quarry-landscape-34705823
  Breaker on a bridge deck, same page — Oregon Department of Transportation, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Demolition_of_I-84_Sandy_River_Bridge_(9826964494).jpg
  Mini-excavator and its breaker on a site car park, page “Mini-excavator breaker” — Cjp24, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kubota_U25-3α_and_rebar_(1).jpg
  Small wheeled excavator breaking up paving, same page — Jamshid Nurkulov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyundai_HW60_001.jpg
  Mini-excavator earthmoving, page “Earthmoving bucket” — Justin Norton (US Air Force), public domain (work of a US federal service).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:379th_Civil_Engineer_Squadron_facilitates_install_of_upgraded_electrical_equipment_(9380806).jpg
  Toothed bucket covered in soil, same page — Nadtochiy Photography, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/industrial-excavator-digging-at-construction-site-34422183
  Toothed bucket above a pile of sandstone, page “Bucket with bolt-on teeth” — 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baggerschaufel_2010.JPG
  Worn teeth of a large excavator's bucket, same page — Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2008-07-15_CAT_345C_L_excavator_bucket.jpg
  Wheeled excavator at the edge of a ditch, page “Ditching bucket” — Jan van der Wolf, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/an-excavator-digging-on-a-field-27130444
  Smooth-edged bucket resting on gravel, same page — Anna.Massini, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benna_per_escavatore.jpg
  Excavator and skeleton bucket on an embankment, page “Skeleton bucket” — Theo Felten, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/excavators-at-work-in-zuid-holland-34334650
  Bar bucket on a loader, same page — D. Stelloh, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radlader_Anbaugerät_Siebschaufel.jpg
  Jaws of a log grapple, page “Timber grapple” — Mark Stebnicki, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/stacks-of-tree-logs-beside-parked-tractors-12278580
  Grapple loader on a landing, same page — BLM Oregon & Washington, public domain (work of a US federal service).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unhitching_Log_Truck_Trailer_(34393997613).jpg
  Thumb bucket loading debris, page “Scrap and timber grapples” — Win Henderson (FEMA), public domain (work of a US federal service).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FEMA_-_23801_-_Photograph_by_Win_Henderson_taken_on_04-08-2006_in_Arkansas.jpg
  Shell grab at a scrap dealer's, page “Orange peel grab” — IAEA Imagebank, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:02010023_scrap_yard_in_Goiânia.jpg
  Shell grab in the scrap, same page — Willians Huerta, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/industrial-scrap-yard-with-claw-excavator-36397819
  Grab closed on the wall of a silo, page “Demolition grabs” — Huhu Uet, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbruchschere_02.jpg
  Demolishing a building with a grab, same page — Spielvogel, CC0 (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2013_Abriss_der_Wohnanlage_O_M_Ungers_am_Lützowplatz_Berlin.jpg
  Shear above a tank being demolished, page “Hydraulic shear” — Pierre-Étienne Courtejoie (US Army), public domain (work of a US federal service).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:POL_tanks_demolition_and_recycling_140918-A-BD610-098.jpg
  Jaws of a shear on the plate, same page — Pierre-Étienne Courtejoie (US Army), public domain (work of a US federal service).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:POL_tanks_demolition_and_recycling_140918-A-BD610-025.jpg
  Concrete crusher at the top of a concrete wall, page “Concrete crusher” — MHM55, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caserne-Vernets-26.jpg
  Toothed jaws of a concrete crusher, same page — Bernard Spragg, CC0 (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jaws_of_Steel._(9166037428).jpg
  Auger on a skid-steer loader, page “Hydraulic auger” — Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-02-23_Skid_steer_with_extreme_duty_auger.jpg
  Vibratory driver pulling sheet piles, page “Vibratory pile driver” — Joost J. Bakker, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etec_880_special_removing_Sheet_pile_walls_(1).jpg
  Sheet pile lifted by the vibratory driver, same page — Joost J. Bakker, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etec_880_special_removing_Sheet_pile_walls.jpg
  Red coupler between dipper arm and bucket, page “Mechanical quick coupler” — High Contrast, CC BY 3.0 DE (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baggerschaufel.JPG
  Coupler of a demolition excavator, bucket removed, same page — Cjp24, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liebherr_950_(08).jpg
  Hose-fed coupler, by the sea, page “Hydraulic quick coupler” — W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bucket_of_an_excavator_by_the_shore_in_Norra_Grundsund.jpg
  Tiltrotator on a roadworks site, page “Tiltrotator” — Strubbl, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baggerschaufeln_vor_dem_Liebherr_Bagger_in_der_Baustelle_Hochäckerstraße_München_Bild_2_2025-04-13.jpg
  Rotary brush on the front of a tractor, page “Sweeper for tractors, loaders and telehandlers” — Sergei Starostin, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/snow-clearing-27306409
  Small tractor and its brush, at night, same page — Vladislav Bychkov, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/orange-tractor-at-night-6319331
  Tractor and snow blade, page “Snow-clearing blade for tractors” — Efrem Efre, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/tractor-shovels-snow-17394337
  Blade angled to one side on a country road, same page — Dwonderwall, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claas_tractor_with_snow_plough.jpg
  Stump grinder on a compact tool carrier, page “Stump grinder” — Riggwelter, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stump_grinder_002.JPG
  Grinder disc in the chips, same page — Kinemsm, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stubbefreser.jpg
  Carriage and forks on a tractor's loader, page “Pallet fork and loader carriage” — Wolfmann, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).
  File page:
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DEUTZ-FAHR_Tractor_Stoll_Frontlader_ProfiLine_FZ10_traktor_med_frontlaster,_gaffel_mm,_i_Bekkjarvik_Norway_2025-09-22_2340.jpg
  Forks on the end of a telehandler, same page — Andre, Pexels licence (www.pexels.com/license).
  Photo page:
  www.pexels.com/photo/construction-machine-with-lift-16717787
  These thirty-eight photographs have been retouched:
  all have been reduced to 1,400 pixels wide; on twenty-four of them, a brand, a company name, a plate or a label has been removed, and a face has been blurred on four; the retouching of each one is shown under the image.
  The retouched versions remain under the licence of their original, and the original files are kept.
• A photograph withdrawn from the site, and why A third photograph under a Creative Commons licence was published here until 27 August 2026, presented as a concrete cruncher. It was in fact a vibrating plate, identified as such by its own author.
  It was withdrawn the day the error was established. Its credit was correct; it was our description that was wrong. Another was withdrawn the same day because it showed a model designation and a manufacturer's logo.
  Both files are kept off the site, with the reason for their withdrawal.
• Synthetic images All the images on this site other than the photographs listed above are synthetic. They have been produced since August 2026 by a generative model, at the publisher's request, and each one carries the words “synthetic image” in its own caption.
  It is that statement that prevails, image by image.
  No list is kept here:
  the one that stood in this place named thirty-six images when the site already had forty-eight, and it would have gone out of date again with the first image added.
  These images illustrate a working principle; they represent no equipment actually on sale and are not a technical description of a product.

Any reuse of these images from this site requires compliance with the conditions specific to the source they come from.

07 Conformity

Conformity and safety of attachments

A hydraulic excavator attachment is not a spare part:
it is a work equipment item, subject to machinery regulations.

• CE marking Any new equipment placed on the market carries the CE marking and is the subject of a declaration of conformity, supplied with the equipment.
• Instruction manual in French It accompanies the equipment and sets out the conditions of use, fitting and maintenance.
  It prevails over any indication on this site.
• Applicable texts Directive 2006/42/EC known as the “Machinery Directive”, replaced by regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applicable from 20 January 2027.
• Used or reconditioned equipment Its condition, its documents and its conformity are stated case by case, before any price is quoted.

09 Lifting

Lifting operations

Lifting with a hydraulic excavator is more strictly regulated than earthmoving.
It is the only use where a badly chosen attachment puts people in danger, and not only equipment.

• Equipment of the machine The excavator must be equipped for lifting.
  Not all are, including recent ones.
• Marking of the attachment A lifting hook carries its maximum working load and its marking, and has a safety catch.
• Periodic inspections Lifting appliances and accessories are subject to periodic general inspections, under the conditions laid down by the French order of 1 March 2004.
• Admissible load It depends on the machine, on the reach and on the ground configuration — never on the attachment alone.
  It is read on the manufacturer's load chart.

11 Mediation

Consumer mediation

Any professional who sells to a consumer — a natural person acting outside their professional activity — must allow them to use a consumer mediator free of charge, and give the mediator's contact details on their site and in their general terms.
Articles L. 612-1 et seq. of the French Consumer Code, applicable since 1^st January 2016.

The natural clientele of À LA PELLE is professional:
civil engineering firms, landscapers, farms, local authorities. Between two professionals, this obligation does not apply. But this site closes no door:
a private individual who owns a micro-excavator can write to us, and the form is open to them. A single sale to a private individual is enough for the obligation to arise.

13 Image rights

People photographed

Identifiable people appear on this site. Arnaud Dufour, his father, his family, and participants in fishing competitions and gatherings.
Several of them appear willingly, and know it.

Family and friends have given their agreement. The other pictures are taken from public events — competitions, prize-givings, open gatherings — where photography was usual and known to those who were there.
The photographs are published as they are, with no face blurred:
we preferred a rule of withdrawal to retouching, because a blurred face never asked to be one.

⚠ One exception only, and it does not concern a third party's face — the photograph of the ladies' championship, where name cards and a date are masked.
This site publishes neither the name nor the date of a person who has not asked to appear on it, and the opposing player's face is masked for the same reason.

The same rule applies to the whole site, today and for all the images that will be added to it.