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Excavator Ditching Buckets

Excavator Weight Available Widths - Ditching Buckets
4,000 – 5,000 lbs
12" $1,066 16" $1,164 18" $1,272 24" $1,421 30" $1,552
5,000 – 6,000 lbs
12" $1,278 16" $1,360 18" $1,438 24" $1,585 30" $1,669 36" $1,765
6,000 – 9,000 lbs
12" $1,421 16" $1,483 18" $1,532 24" $1,681 30" $1,812 36" $1,923 42" $2,067 48" $2,269
10,000 – 13,000 lbs
12" $1,265 16" $1,385 18" $1,435 24" $1,603 30" $1,712 36" $1,823 42" $1,952
14,000 – 19,000 lbs
12" $1,571 16" $1,689 18" $1,740 24" $1,869 30" $2,150 36" $2,471 42" $2,555 48" $2,634
24,000 – 33,000 lbs
42" $3,647 48" $4,504 54" $4,772 60" $5,037
33,000 – 40,000 lbs
42" $4,505 48" $5,094 54" $5,494 60" $5,891 66" $6,309
40,000 – 50,000 lbs
48" $5,704 54" $5,949 60" $6,385 66" $6,954 72" $7,313
50,000 – 65,000 lbs
54" $6,782 60" $7,370 66" $7,788 72" $7,978
65,000 – 80,000 lbs
60" $7,856 66" $8,274 72" $8,653
80,000 – 100,000 lbs
66" $10,033 72" $11,058

Smooth Lip Ditching Buckets With a Bolt-On Reversible Edge

USA Attachments' excavator ditching buckets feature a smooth lip, and a bolt-on reversible edge. Once one side of the reversible edge wears out, you can reverse it and wear out the other side. These excavator buckets are Made In USA With Some Global Materials. Custom-built for your specific machine. We also sell buckets with teeth.

db636 36 inch excavator ditching bucket with Kubota KX121 pin on style hook up

What Is an Excavator Ditching Bucket?

An excavator ditching bucket is a wide, shallow bucket with a smooth lip and no teeth. It moves material and leaves a clean, flat surface behind it. You may also hear it called a ditch bucket, a clean out bucket, a grading bucket, or a smooth bucket. Those are all names for the same bucket. The wide shape spreads the cut across more ground, so you shape a ditch, a slope, or a pad in fewer passes than you would with a narrow digging bucket.

Every ditching bucket on this page carries a bolt-on reversible cutting edge. When one side of the edge wears down, you unbolt it, turn it around, and keep working on the second side. That doubles the life of the edge before you buy a replacement.

What You Can Do With One

  • Cut and shape drainage ditches
  • Grade and level a site before you lay stone or sod
  • Backfill a trench after you set pipe
  • Clean silt and spoil out of an existing ditch
  • Slope a bank so it sheds water
  • Spread topsoil, gravel, and fill
  • Do finish work where a toothed bucket would leave gouges

How To Choose a Width

Start with the weight of your machine, not with the width you want. The table above groups every ditching bucket by the machine weight class it fits, so pick your row first and then choose a width inside that row.

A wider bucket covers more ground per pass and leaves a smoother finish, but it also asks more of the machine and fills more slowly in heavy ground. If most of your work is grading and clean up in normal soil, take the wider option. If you work in tight spots, or you move wet clay and heavy fill, drop down one size so the machine keeps its breakout force.

Ditching Buckets for Mini Excavators

For mini excavators we build ditching buckets from 12 inches to 48 inches wide. These fit machines in the 4,000 to 5,000 lb, 5,000 to 6,000 lb, 6,000 to 9,000 lb, and 10,000 to 13,000 lb classes. You can also browse every mini excavator bucket we build.

Built To Fit Your Machine

We don't sell one bucket and hope it fits. Every ditching bucket is built for the machine you tell us about, so the ears, pin sizes, and pin spacing match your stick. That covers pin on hook ups and coupler hook ups on Kubota style, Bobcat style, John Deere style, and Sany style machines, along with Takeuchi, Caterpillar, Case, Volvo, Yanmar, and most other brands. If you run a backhoe instead of an excavator, see our backhoe attachments. Call us at 1-800-870-3610 with your machine model and we'll confirm the fit before you order.

Other Bucket Styles

A smooth ditching bucket isn't right for every job. Here's what else we build:

Common Questions About Ditching Buckets

What's the difference between a ditching bucket and a 36 inch smooth bucket?

There's no difference. They're the same bucket under two names.

Do ditching buckets have teeth?

No. A ditching bucket has a smooth lip with a bolt-on cutting edge. That's what lets it leave a flat, clean finish. If you need to dig hard ground, look at our buckets with teeth instead.

What happens when the cutting edge wears out?

The edge is reversible. Unbolt it, flip it end for end, and bolt it back on to run the fresh side. Once both sides are worn, you bolt on a new edge and keep the bucket.

How do I know which weight class my machine is in?

Use the operating weight from your machine's spec plate or operator manual, then find that weight in the table above. If your machine sits between two classes, call us at 1-800-870-3610 and we'll tell you which bucket to run.

Where are these buckets made?

They're made in the USA with some global materials, and built to order for your machine.

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