Best bucket size for a 3 ton excavator!!!??

[tylertown]

what do yall think the best size bucket to get maximum power out of my 3 ton excavator for digging clay or pulling stumps or rocks. or just general digging good ground. any input welcome!! thanks

 

[mud23609]

For gene4al use an 18 or 24 inch would be the ticket in clay. I run a 24 inch on a 3.5 zero swing unit and it handles it nicley even in hard ground or clay.

 

[jenkinsph]

what do yall think the best size bucket to get maximum power out of my 3 ton excavator for digging clay or pulling stumps or rocks. or just general digging good ground. any input welcome!! thanks

I agree with the 18 to 24 inch bucket size because the larger buckets are easier to dump. Pulling against a stump it doesn't matter how big the bucket is. Never saw a rock in Tylertown or McComb area large enough to worry about. The sticky clay will load up a small bucket such as a `12" quickly so that would be my concern.

 

[tylertown]

ok thanks! great information! if you don't mind me asking what type of excavator do you run?