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Get Skid Steers into the Mix

Attachments can cut costs on smaller concrete projects

The Loegering Mud Bucket enables a skid steer to transport 1/2 yd. of concrete directly to the jobsite.

The cement bowl enables a Toro Dingo compact utility loader to haul, mix and pour up to 200 lbs. of dry cement.

G & D Excavating used a concrete pump attached to a Bobcat S300 skid steer to pour an 8,000-sq.-ft. mezzanine slab in four hours.

Concrete pump attachments can reduce reliance on subcontracting concrete deliver for small jobs.

The Curbcat attachment converts a standard-flow skid steer into a curb and gutter machine.

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The attachment is powered by standard auxiliary hydraulics, so it can be mounted to a variety of skid steers. Because it enables you to increase equipment utilization while simultaneously cutting labor requirements, it offers the potential for a quick ROI.

"We've received feedback from a customer that used the Mud Bucket to pour 1,600 yds. of concrete," says Martin. "Our product not only performed flawlessly — saving him many hours of back-breaking labor — it actually paid for itself in cost savings by the end of the job."

Toro Cement Bowl

The 3.5-cu.-ft. capacity Toro cement bowl attachment is designed to mount on the Dingo compact utility loader using the same high-torque or universal swivel auger power head used to run auger bits. Power is supplied by the loader auxiliary hydraulic system.

Specially designed auger flighting inside the cement bowl keeps material in the bowl during mixing. When the cement bowl rotation is reversed, this design also permits concrete to be poured without tipping the bowl forward.

The cement bowl attachment costs slightly more than a comparably sized dedicated mixer, yet offers several advantages that a stand-alone unit can't provide. The most obvious is versatility.