ESCO EXTREME DUTY 350-500 EXCAVATOR RIPPING- TRENCHING SHORING

ESCO EXTREME-DUTY DROP CENTER BUCKET — HIGH VOLUME / PIPELINE / SHALE

🪨 APPLICATIONS

• Pipeline & cage work

• Extreme-duty shale & sandstone ripping

• High-volume excavation

• Truck loading

• Trenching & shoring

🛠️ BUCKET DESIGN

• ESCO Personalized Drop Center Bucket

• Outside Width: 48 inches

• Center Section: 28-inch wide, 3-tooth ripper

• Designed for aggressive ripping while maintaining high material volume

• Ideal for shale & sandstone with excellent truck-loading capability

✅ WORKSAFE COMPLIANT DESIGN

• Drop-center allows extreme ripping over the center section

• 36-inch higher upper-cut edge supports shelving brackets

• Often eliminates the need for:

  • Two shelving brackets in deep trenches

  • Or allows shorter shelves in shallow trenches

• Saves time, material, and setup costs

📏 DIGGING DEPTH & SIZE

• 85 inches from stick pin center to tip of ripper teeth

• Provides 13 inches MORE digging depth than standard buckets

⚙️ FITMENT DETAILS

• Previously used on Volvo EC480DL

• Bucket pin configuration:

  • 100 mm pins

  • 23 inches center-to-center

  • 17 inches between ears

• Will fit any excavator accepting these pin dimensions

• Originally run with hydraulic pin grabber coupler

🔩 CONDITION & UPGRADES

• Additional T-1 plate steel reinforcement

• Hard-surfaced wear areas

• New teeth installed

• Fully prepped for:

  • Cage work

  • Extreme-duty ripping

💰 VALUE & PRICE

• New ESCO replacement value: $25,000+ USD

• TAKE IT FOR: $8,000

• Large volume = pays for itself on first job

• Ideal for shoring, trenching, and truck loading with less bedding required

➕ OPTIONAL MATCHING EQUIPMENT (SEE OTHER ADS)

• Dromone hydraulic pin grabber couplers to fit this bucket

• HD 48” digging bucket — $12,000

• 24” ESCO ripping bucket with new 100 mm pins — $4,000

• JD / Hitachi 350–400 class Dromone hydraulic coupler — $6,000

📍 LOCATION

• Langley, BC — Our Yard

• Price just reduced to move quickly

• Yard clearance due to retirement & relocation to NB

📞 CONTACT

Frank
📱 604-476-7777

🏭 FROM ESCO — XDP HEAVY-DUTY EXCAVATOR BUCKET

• Designed for demanding overburden excavation

• Excels in rock excavation & top-loading

• Features include:

  • Lip & beam gussets for high-stress durability

  • One-piece T-1 steel reinforcing plates

  • 400 Brinell bottom runner wraps under lugs for full abrasion resistance and structural strength

Serious iron at a fraction of replacement cost — ready to work now.