Attachment - ancillary tools that connect to an excavator
Backhoe - rubber-tyred excavator loader
Clamps - range of products that are fitted to excavator arms to facilitate holding material against or in a bucket or other attachment. Rigid or universal hydraulic models available.
Compaction Wheel - manual roller attached used for trench compacting
Coupler - used interchangeably with Quick Hitch or Hitch
Dedicated System - opposite to Pin on Pin method of connection to attachments. Many differing proprietary Quick Coupler systems exist, mostly in Europe.
Dig/Digging Bucket - type of bucket that is usually fitted with teeth (GET) for better hard digging characteristics
Direct Pin Coupler - also known as a Pin-Grabber or Pin-on-On Coupler
Ditch/Ditching Bucket - also known as a Wide Bucket, Cleanup Bucket or Weed Bucket
Extreme Duty - also known as Severe Duty; represents attachments constructed for "extreme" applications
Fixed Thumb - also known as a Rigid Thumb; a manually operated thumb or clamp
General Purpose Bucket - also known as a Standard Bucket; designed for general excavation
GET - acronym for Ground Engaging Tools which are hardened steel casings fitted to attachments such as buckets as a consumable wear item (e.g. bucket teeth)
Grab - also known as a Box Grapple; operates off the crowd cylinder
Grapple - see Grab
Ground Engaging Tool - see GET above
Heavy Duty - represents attachments constructed for standard to heavy duty applications
Hitch - also known as a Coupler, Quick Coupler or Pin Grabber
I-Lock™ Quick Coupler - Wedgelock's multi-model coupler with automatic back-up safety device
Multi-Model - term used for Quick Coupler that covers a number of models of machines usually in the same tonnage (or weight) class
Multi-Ripper™ - a multiple-tyne ripper that has staged entry to the ground due to offset geometry. Currently manufactured by Wedgelock under license to Leading Edge Attachments, USA.
Non-Linkage Thumb/Clamp - clamp or thumb affixed to the dipper pin of an excavator arm
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer, e.g. Caterpillar or Komatsu
Pin on Pin - Quick Couplers that connect to attachment through conventional pin system as opposed to some other dedicated or proprietary system. Wedgelock product is Pin on Pin.
Pins - spare parts; pins connecting attachments to couplers
Pro-Linkage Clamp/Thumb - clamp or thumb affixed to the dipper pin of an excavator arm with additional linkage to allow for increased rotation
Quick Coupler - also known as Coupler, Hitch, Quick Hitch, Pin Grabber
Quick Hitch - also known as Coupler, Quick Coupler, Hitch, Pin Grabber
QuikLay™ - Wedgelock-manufactured plough
Ripper - attachment with single-pointed nose with GET fitted to the tyne that breaks up ground
Ripper Plough/Plow - attachment which allows alkathene pipe to be laid at great speed and efficiency. Currently manufactured by Wedgelock under license to Derek Ramsay, the NZ inventor. Branded as the "QuikLay™" Plough
Ripper Tooth - GET fitted to the end of a ripper shank
Roller - see Compaction Wheel
Severe Duty - also known as Extreme Duty
Stiff Arm Thumb - also known as Fixed Thumb or Rigid Thumb
Thumb - also known as a clamp
Tilt Bucket - a wide profile bucket with cylinders to allow it to tilt at 45 degrees from horizontal. Useful for shaping-type earthworks
Trench Bucket - also known as a Narrow Bucket or Narrow Dig Bucket
Universal Thumb - also known as PowerThumb
"V" or "Vee" Bottom Bucket - a bucket designed in a "v" shape to create a "v" form when digging
Weld-on Thumb - also known as a Universal Thumb
Wide Bucket - wide bucket for higher volume than the equivalent Digging Bucket; used for bulk excavation and re-handling of material
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