Quick couplers, those handy hydraulic devices that conveniently connect buckets to an excavator arm, are becoming standard equipment on many manufacturers’ excavators and are a popular aftermarket add ...

It started innocently enough. An excavator operator was holding a bucket over two trench workers' heads to protect them from gravel that was being placed into the trench via a loader. The bucket ...

Excavator quick couplers come in many variations with different locking mechanism designs and features. They range from the most basic mechanical designs to sophisticated multi pin-grabber models that ...

Case offers the Klac Quick Coupler for seven of its compact and minimum swing radius excavators — CX17B, CX27B, CX31B, CX36B, CX50B, CX75 and CX80. The mechanical quick coupler features automatic ...

Couplers need to be the strongest link in a train, capable of withstanding extreme forces of buff (compression) and draft (expansion). Since the semi-automatic “Janney” knuckle coupler was patented in ...