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"content": "<p>Anyone contemplating buying a skid steer will know that it’s an expensive purchase. However, don’t lose sight of what it can do with the many available attachments. The list is endless. Without a doubt, it’s a powerful piece of machinery. Add a bucket, auger, rake, broom, or slasher and you have a versatile piece of machinery.</p>
<p>These can be mounted and unmounted quickly and easily. Skid steers are so-called because of the way they turn, by moving the left and right wheels at different speeds, the machine drags or skids across the ground to perform a turn. They come in various sizes and capacities and can be used on any terrain to perform a multitude of tasks.</p>
<h4 class="hr-2">Digging</h4>
<p>The standard attachment for a skid steer is a bucket. There are different types of buckets, all sturdy and perfect for digging, scooping, lifting, and moving heavy materials such as rocks, dirt, debris, gravel, and sand. A dirt bucket has a rounded back, so you can easily spread the material around, but there are dozens of other bucket types to choose from such as a grapple bucket or combination bucket.</p>
<h4>Augers</h4>
<p>Augers are another popular skid steer attachment and can dig precise holes. With the auger’s corkscrew action it can burrow into the ground while leaving the soil around the hole intact. An auger attachment will allow you to dig deep, nearly two metres down. Available as basic, heavy-duty and extreme, consider the job in hand, the ground condition and depth and size of the hole before making a selection.</p>
<h4>Rake</h4>
<p>A skid steer with a rake attachment is perfect for landscaping requirements – to clean up your site or prepare your soil. A rake will collect debris, rocks and uproot any unwanted foliage, while also smoothing out and flattening bumpy ground. A rake with a skid steer attachment is perfect to prepare your soil for a lawn or agricultural seedbed.</p>
<h4>Sweeper or Broom</h4>
<p>This attachment is just as it sounds and is even more useful with a sweeper bucket attached to it. A skid steer with a broom and steel bristles, makes sweeping paths and warehouses a breeze. They can easily pick up debris and surplus dirt which can be pushed into a sweeper bucket to collect the remains.</p>
<h4>Slasher</h4>
<p>If you’re working on land and want to clear grasslands and shrubbery, a skid steer with a slasher is the perfect option for you. It can clear scrub, tidy fence lines, as well as being used for roadway maintenance and general landscaping duties.</p>
<h4>Pickers</h4>
<p>A rock picker will allow you to dig and collect stones with the rotating collector sifting through material picking up stones and screening out large objects up to 50cm wide. It also sifts dirt and breaks up clumps and debris to redistribute the clean soil wherever you want it.</p>
<h4 class="hr-2">Himac have got your back</h4>
<p>Whatever your requirements for your skid steer, look no further than Himac Attachments. We sell a range of attachments that offer reliability and performance – all at affordable prices. We are the attachment experts, so call us for a quote on <a href="tel:1800888114"><strong>1800 888 114</strong></a> for all your earthmoving, construction and agricultural needs.</p>",
"excerpt": "Anyone contemplating buying a skid steer will know that it’s an expensive purchase. However, don’t lose sight of what it can do with the many available attachments. The list is endless.",
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"published_at": "10.02.2021",
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