Essential Tips for Maintaining Your Excavator Attachments

Excavator attachment care

When you’re busy the last thing you need is for something to go wrong with your excavator attachment. While excavator attachments are built to withstand the physically demanding industries they work in, they still require some tender loving care to reduce how quickly they become worn out.

With over 50 years of expertise working with and servicing excavator attachments from selector grabs to hydraulic hammers, we have a few key tips when it comes to maintaining your attachments. Read on to ensure your attachments continue to crush concrete, cut through steel, and carry heavy materials.

Key tips for looking after your excavator attachment:

1. Regular Cleaning

A job that is often overlooked but is vital is ensuring you clean your excavator attachments regularly. In industries like demolition, waste management, recycling, and construction, check for and remove any foreign objects that may be caught in the attachments. This will help prevent avoidable damage from trapped objects and may reveal previously hidden damage.

2. Regular Inspection

Regularly inspecting your excavator attachments for potential damage will let you catch potential issues early, saving time and money. A great and simple way to do this is by using an inspection checklist for each type of excavator attachment, which is normally found in the operating manual.

3. Properly Grease Attachments

One of our top tips is to grease your excavator attachments according to manufacturer guidelines. Make sure the grease you’re using has the right qualities for the attachment you’re lubricating. For example, hydraulic hammers need hammer paste, as it can withstand the high temperatures generated by rapid motion without melting.

4. Servicing

Servicing your excavator attachments will help you get the most out of your investment, extend their lifespan, and reduce the chance of a breakdown. To do this, make sure you follow a structured service and maintenance schedule. It’s great if you can do it in-house; if not, you can leave it in experienced hands like ours. We offer nationwide servicing with highly qualified and skilled engineers, so you can be confident your attachments are in safe hands.

Following these tips will reduce the risk of premature failure and expensive repairs. It will help to ensure you increase the reliability and longevity of your excavator attachments. In other words, look after your attachments, and they’ll look after you.

If your attachment is beyond serviceable repair why not speak to us about a trade in.