Buckets and Grapples

Boost Productivity Year-Round With Versatile Buckets

BTE’s multipurpose bucket attachments were custom-designed to help maintenance of way crews tackle almost any type of track maintenance, from ditching and digging to cribbing, cleanup, and beyond, with efficient, non-disruptive operation.

longevity and reliability, year-round

BTE’s multipurpose bucket attachments were custom-designed to help maintenance of way crews tackle almost any type of track maintenance, from ditching and digging to cribbing, cleanup, and beyond, with efficient, non-disruptive operation.

Their versatile capabilities ensure consistent productivity and performance, season to season and across extensive territories. And since every bucket we design is also built BTE tough, count on longevity and reliability, year-round and for years down the line.

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BTE’s bucket attachments are transforming rail maintenance with their versatile, multipurpose capabilities.

BTE Builds Better Buckets

From additional wear plating to enhanced clamping force, BTE buckets pair powerful upgrades and innovations with unmatched versatility and adaptability. 

BTE-325 Hi-Rail Excavator maneuvering fouled ballast into railroad carts with bucket attachment

Get More With BTE Machines

BTE buckets perform at their peak with custom-engineered BTE machines. Paired with Rototilt 360° rotation and a tilt attachment coupler for increased maneuverability, bucket attachments can be changed out easily from the cab of a BTE excavator or backhoe with Automatic Tool Recognition, our proprietary setup and optimization technology. 

Whether you’re looking to lease or purchase a BTE machine, we make it easy, with flexible financing and locations stretching across North America.

Attachments That Excel

From buckets to tie talons to trackjacks, every BTE work attachment is purpose-built to simplify and improve maintenance of way applications. Our engineers won’t bring an attachment past testing unless it offers a better solution to rail construction or maintenance problems, and unless it delivers on BTE’s long-held promise of efficiency, versatility, and dependability. 

If you’re looking for more ways to improve productivity and enhance on-the-job safety for your crew, browse the full line of BTE hi-rail attachments.