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    The document discusses different types of buckets for wheel loaders. It describes four standard categories of bucket durability: general purpose, material handling, rock buckets, and heavy duty quarry rock buckets. Each category is suited for different applications and material abrasiveness. Additional bucket styles discussed include coal, grapple, high dump, multi-purpose, side dump, slag, waste handling, waste load and carry, waste dozing, and woodchip buckets. Choosing the wrong bucket can reduce productivity and increase costs.

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    The document discusses different types of buckets for wheel loaders. It describes four standard categories of bucket durability: general purpose, material handling, rock buckets, and heavy duty quarry rock buckets. Each category is suited for different applications and material abrasiveness. Additional bucket styles discussed include coal, grapple, high dump, multi-purpose, side dump, slag, waste handling, waste load and carry, waste dozing, and woodchip buckets. Choosing the wrong bucket can reduce productivity and increase costs.

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    The document discusses different types of buckets for wheel loaders. It describes four standard categories of bucket durability: general purpose, material handling, rock buckets, and heavy duty quarry rock buckets. Each category is suited for different applications and material abrasiveness. Additional bucket styles discussed include coal, grapple, high dump, multi-purpose, side dump, slag, waste handling, waste load and carry, waste dozing, and woodchip buckets. Choosing the wrong bucket can reduce productivity and increase costs.

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    BUCKET SELECTION GUIDE

    We offer four standard bucket durability categories suitable for any application. Each
    category is based on the bucket’s intended durability when used in the recommended
    application and material.

    GENERAL PURPOSE

    »» Good all around performance for stockpiling,


    re-handling, excavating and bank loading.

    »» Intended for use in low-impact materials.

    MATERIAL HANDLING
    »» For stockpile loading loose materials such as gravel,
    sand and dirt in load-and-carry applications.

    »» Intended for use in low-impact materials.


    »» These are the best performers for production loading.
    »» Flat bottom bucket. 

    ROCK BUCKETS »» For use in applications such as face loading limestone


    and other unprocessed rock. Also used in truck and
    hopper loading for a wide range of quarry materials.

    »» Intended for use in moderate- to high-abrasion


    applications.

    »» Balances the need for high production in more


    abrasive applications.

    HEAVY DUTY QUARRY ROCK BUCKET

    »» For use where maximum abrasion resistance is required.


    »» Intended for use in high-abrasion, high-impact
    applications.

    WHEEL LOADERS  131


    CHOOSING THE RIGHT DURABILITY.
    Choosing the wrong bucket can easily reduce production and increase operating costs by 10-
    20% or more. It can also cause unnecessary wear and fatigue for both machine and bucket.
    Contact your local Cat dealer for more detailed information on choosing the right wheel loader,
    bucket and work tool attachment combinations to meet your application needs.

    GENERAL PURPOSE / HEAVY DUTY ROCK /


    MATERIAL HANDLER / COAL BUCKET HIGH ABRASION ROCK BUCKET
    (Typical tip life 500-1000 hrs) (Typical tip life 200-500 hrs)

    STANDARD ROCK BUCKET HEAVY DUTY GRANITE BUCKET


    (Typical tip life < 1000 hrs) (Typical tip life > 200 hrs)

    132  WHEEL LOADERS


    ADDITIONAL BUCKET STYLES
    Several different bucket styles are available—each with a special purpose:

    COAL: Coal Buckets are high-volume material movers for loading


    and stockpiling coal and other materials of similar density.

    GRAPPLE: Grapple Buckets clamp loose material with dual ladder-


    style grapple tines. These are key producers in transfer stations,
    landfills or wherever loose, lightweight material needs to be moved.

    HIGH DUMP: High Dump Buckets utilize dedicated dumping


    cylinders and a bottom hinge to “roll out” material. Higher
    than ordinary bucket types, they are ideal for transfer stations
    or loading high-sided trucks.

    MULTI-PURPOSE: Multi-Purpose Buckets have a unique action that


    can load, bulldoze, clamp and perform many other tasks. A versatile
    design for site cleanup, demolition or similar situations.

    SIDE DUMP: Side Dump Buckets dump both to the front and to the
    side of the machine, an advantage when working in tight quarters
    such as street work, tunnel construction and building levees.

    WHEEL LOADERS  133


    ADDITIONAL BUCKET STYLES (CONT.)

    SLAG: Cat Slag Buckets are heavy duty and specifically


    constructed to handle extreme conditions that come with
    handling hot slag.

    WASTE HANDLING: Waste Handling Buckets move large volumes


    of low-density waste in transfer stations, landfills and recycling
    yards. Large capacities give maximum production when loading
    conveyors, trucks or hoppers.

    WASTE LOAD & CARRY: Load & Carry Buckets are primarily
    designed to load and carry lightweight material, minimizing
    contact with the floor for less bucket and floor wear.

    WASTE DOZING: Dozing Buckets are designed to push waste


    loads along the floor to a hole or hopper in the floor for below—
    grade truck loading.

    WOODCHIP: As the name suggests, Woodchip Buckets are


    optimized for moving large volumes of wood chips. The flat floor
    and straight edge work to scoop the bucket full and help heap
    the load high.

    134  WHEEL LOADERS

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