Top Skid Loader Attachments for Versatility

The great thing about most skid loaders is that you can outfit them with specialized skid loader attachments that will vastly expand their versatility.

With that said, some attachments are more versatile than others. These top the list.

Skid Steer Bucket Attachments

Skid steer bucket attachments top the list squarely for versatility.

With a skid steer bucket attachment, you can:

• Excavate
• Grade
• Compact
• Level
• Backfill
• Rip out stumps
• Lift, load, and handle loose materials
• Perform light demolition work
• And so much more

On top of that, we sell a wide range of specialized skid loader bucket attachments here, including stump buckets and snow and litter buckets that will improve versatility.

Skid Steer Dozer Blades

In the realm of versatility in skid loader attachments, dozer blades are a close second. With a skid loader dozer attachment, you can:

• Clear sand, snow and other loose material
• Bulldoze and perform light demolition
• Knock down small trees
• Consolidate burn piles
• And more

Just as we sell specialized skid loader bucket attachments, we also produce a wide range of specialized skid steer dozer blades, including V-style blades.

Skid Steer Pallet Forks

You might not think it, but skid steer pallet forks have tons of uses. In addition to managing palletized merchandise, skid steer pallet forks can:

• Lift large equipment (like lawnmowers) for maintenance
• Move boulders and stumps
• Move dumpsters
• Wrangle brush piles and debris, as well as hay bales
• Lift and move appliances
• Move logs and trees
• Manage construction materials like roofing tiles and pipes
• And much more.

Adding to their versatility, many of our skid steer pallet fork attachments are adjustable and have headache racks.

Skid Steer Ripper Attachments

Skid steer ripper attachments may not be the most versatile of all skid loader attachments, but you can still use them to:

• Rip out roots and stumps
• Break up clods
• Remove rocks and boulders
• Turn over and aerate the soil
• And pull down small structures

Skid Steer Auger Drives and Bits

Fairly specialized as far as skid loader attachments go, skid steer auger drives and bits are highly specialized for drilling deep holes with straight walls. As a result, they are tops for:

• Drilling holes for utilities
• Drilling holes for pouring concrete and footings
• Creating holes for fence posts
• And planting root balls

There are other uses of skid steer auger drives as well, but these are some of the most useful, making them indispensable around construction sites, orchards, and tree farms.

Skid Steer Trencher Attachments

Like an auger drive, a skid steer trencher attachment is designed to dig - but not deep, straight holes. However, a trencher attachment still has a lot of uses, including:

• Digging trenches for laying utilities or installing conduits
• Constructing irrigation lines, drainage ditches and French drains
• Planting hedges or other vegetation in a row or series
• Cutting through pavement or tree roots

Our trencher attachments are configurable with a variety of specialized chains and teeth that can cut through everything from sand to frozen soil and rock.

Skid Steer Concrete Claws

Probably the least specialized skid loader attachment on this list, with a skid steer concrete claw, you can:

• Lift and break concrete slabs
• Move small loads, stumps and rocks
• Knock over small obstacles

Skid Steer Backhoes

Skid steer backhoes can easily fill the role of a larger, dedicated machine, and moreover, can get into tight areas where full-sized backhoes can’t. A skid steer backhoe attachment can also:

• Excavate
• Backfill and compact
• Rip out small stumps
• Consolidate, lift and remove loose debris and materials
• Lift and place materials
• Do light demolition
• And more

We sell our E-Z Digger backhoe attachments in both fixed and swing arm configurations; get the one that works best for your job sites.

Skid Steer Brush Cutters

Skid steer brush cutters are also very versatile skid loader attachments that can:

• Clear pond banks and bike trails
• Clear hiking trails and other rights of way
• Blaze early successional habitat for pioneer species
• Clear brush to mitigate fire risk and produce ground cover that retains moisture
• And more

Tine Bucket Attachments

Tine buckets are a specialized type of bucket with a tined lower instead of a solid bottom. As a result, tine buckets are excellent for:

• Lifting boulders; allowing sand and gravel to filter through
• Wrangling tough piles of roots, brambles, and vegetation
• Sifting through and consolidating debris in disaster cleanup
• And much more

Skid Steer Truss Booms

Skid steer truss booms are smaller than dedicated booms, and can be used for lifting and positioning trusses as well as:

• Positioning trees to be planted
• Lifting and placing heavy loads of materials
• Positioning engines
• And more

Skid Steer Grapple Attachments

We’ll close with grapple attachments, which like buckets are exceptionally versatile skid loader attachments that can:

• Wrangle loose debris such as brush or construction or demolition debris
• Excel in disaster cleanup especially in flooded areas; models with slotted bottoms (root grapples) allow water to drain through
• Consolidate burn piles
• Drag and grapple logs, poles and pipes
• Pull up small stumps
• Knock down small structures
• Manage scrap at junkyards
• And much more

Explore These and Other Versatile Skid Loader Attachments Here

While these are among our most versatile skid loader attachments, it is only a small sampling, and versatility is more a product of the skill of the operator than of the attachment itself.

Still, there’s a reason our attachments, which are exclusively made in America using only American steel, will Never Surrender - and there’s only one way for you to learn that firsthand.

The next time you need an upgrade for your loader, you know where to look.