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Groundforce Attachments (Previously know as Sandhurst) offer an extensive hire fleet of high quality excavator and rail attachments suitable for the civil engineering & construction, demolition & recycling, quarrying, tunnelling, rail and agriculture sectors. With a dedicated nationwide Hire Desk, on-site Technical, operational support and sales teams, Groundforce Attachments are the experts in excavator attachments.

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Re-Handling Clamshell Grab Buckets
Re-Handling Clamshell Grab Buckets

Clamshells Buckets are ideal for working in low headroom or in confined spaces such as tunnels and under bridges. Compact dimensions, together with a low operating height, makes the Clamshell Bucket a very versatile piece of equipment. 360 degree rotation, together with a 15 degree angled base plate, offer increased articulation and are practical design features of this product.
Selector Grapples
Selector Grapples

Selector Grapples are specially designed for the recycling and sorting of aggregates, iron or waste materials. They are particularly useful on sites where there is a need to handle a variety of materials in a short time. Grapple jaws feature Hardox cutting edges and have fast open/close cycles with 360 degree continuous rotation for high productivity.
Hydraulic Magnets
Hydraulic Magnets

Excavator Magnets are suitable for for cleaning & clearing ferrous materials. The excavator magnet attachment connects quickly and easily to the excavator, saving time and resources. After linking directly with the excavator’s hydraulic circuit, the excavator magnet easily hooks onto the attachment boom and is then operated from a single button.
Hydraulic Breakers
Hydraulic Breakers

Our Hydraulic Hammers are fully silenced with low vibration and provide sufficient power for a full range of demolition tasks. The EC range from Epiroc offers the largest fleet of high performance Hydraulic Hammers in the UK and are suitable for the most demanding breaking work where high production is essential.
Augers
Augers

Groundforce Attachments range of Augers turns an excavator into a temporary drilling rig for use in fencing, landscaping and construction work. Typical uses include the drilling of post holes, stanchion bases and pre-drilling for pile driving. The boring heads are tungsten tipped and are designed with a constant spiral cut and a tooth cutting angle to ensure spoil is broken thoroughly to avoid clogging.
Articulator 5000
Articulator 5000

The Articulator 5000 is an excavator mounted attachment featuring a combination of responsive elements; including telescopic legs, four individually adjustable feet, a central stabiliser pad and a compact tilt rotator. This combination allows the Articulator to be adjusted to handle various widths, diameters and sizes. With a lifting capacity of 5000kg. The Articulator 5000 facilitates the safe installation of pipework without the need for operators to enter the trench.

Riddle Buckets
Riddle Buckets

Our Riddle/Shaker bucker allows for sorting  of materials, allowing different materials to be re-used on site reducing the need for moving stone and soil. The riddles are profile cut and run from the back of the cutting edge all the way round to the back of the top beam. The profile cut edge on the riddles allows for a sharper edge which helps to break up larger pieces. 
Crusher Buckets
Crusher Buckets

The Crusher Bucket turns waste into reusable hardcore or infill for recycling and general site use. Enabling you to crush concrete and aggregate materials on site to be re-used. The crusher bucket can crush concrete debris, rubble, masonry,  asphalt, natural stone and rock.
Screening Buckets
Screening Buckets

The Screening Bucket is used to grade and recycle material on site the buckets are used to seperate and screen soil and materials, removing stone and other debris. 
Rotary Screening Bucket
Rotary Screening Bucket

The rotary drum design screening bucket for machines from 7.5 to 30 tonnes, is suitable for the selection, screening and separation of natural materials.
Steel Shears
Steel Shears

 Our Steel Shears are suitable for a range of public works, including recycling, scrapyard management and demolition. With an excavator tonnage range of 4 - 97 tonnes, Shears can easily cut through steel plate, H and I beam profiles, tanks etc. With 360 degree continuous rotation and a high shearing force, the jaws are designed for optimal opening and cutting power.
Dust Fighters
Dust Fighters

The DF Smart Dust Fighter controls the disbursement of dust & airborne dust on-site using a fine water spray. The lightweight equipment is easy to transport and can be used across a number of different applications. 
Pulverisers
Pulverisers

The Pulveriser range is an ideal concrete demolition excavator attachment for primary and secondary demolition woks. The 360 degree hydraulic rotation allows for accurate positioning and increased productivity. 
Concrete Pouring Buckets
Concrete Pouring Buckets

The Concrete Pouring Bucket is used for transporting & pouring concrete & other materials in areas where lorry access is limited. These buckets allow for concrete to be poured when attached to an excavator, the bucket can also be used to pour other loose gravel and other materials.

V Ditching Buckets
V Ditching Buckets

The V Ditching Bucket is a robust trapezoidal V bucket attachment designed to form or maintain clean-sided, accurate ditch profiles. The bucket is ideal for drainage, trenches, waterways and roadworks.
Tilting Buckets
Tilting Buckets

The Tilting Bucket is suitable for finish grading and shaping work for drainage, groundworks and general landscaping. The tilting bucket is ideal where space on site is limited with the ability to tilt 45° left and 45° right, saving time backfilling, clearing and ditching.
Hydraulic Compactors
Hydraulic Compactors

Hydraulic Compactors are designed to efficiently compact soil, trenches and embankments, as well as driving in and pulling out posts & formwork. Also known as a Compaction Plate or Whacker, this equipment provides efficient, fast clean compaction of surfaces, including; soil, sand, gravel, hardcore and recycled materials etc. Compactors work quickly and economically and are easy to operate with minimal ground disturbance and less spoil to clear away.

Compactor Wheel
Compactor Wheel

The Compactor Wheel is designed for compacting soil in trenches and on embankments. It is especially suited for work near pipes, cables and foundations.
Stump Grinders
Stump Grinders

The stump grinder is a must have product when removing tree stumps. Hire a stump grinder to improve productivity on your next project, our easy to use attahment can remove tree stumps at any size.
Patch Planers
Patch Planers

PLB350 Planers are designed to mill pre-set sections on hard and compact surfaces. They are able to remove an entire layer of asphalt or concrete in preparation for trenching and can be used to mill deteriorated surfaces, such as potholes, for later resurfacing work. The Planer attaches via the excavator’s quick hitch system and can work on horizontal, vertical or sloped surfaces.
Land Rakes
Land Rakes

Land Clearance Rakes have many applications and are suitable for all sizes of excavator. Manufactured from Hardox® 450 material, the Land Rake offers maximum strength & durability plus high wear resistance.
Rotary Drum Cutters
Rotary Drum Cutters

Comprising two powerful rotary cutting heads, the Rotary Drum Cutter or Rock Wheel is designed for speed and performance. This hydraulically operated cutter is perfect for scaling and cutting through rock.
Ripper Teeth
Ripper Teeth

Designed for ripping & pre-digging to improve the efficiency of the excavation process, Ripper Teeth also reduce wear and stress on the bucket and excavator.
Chain Trencher
Chain Trencher

Chain Trenchers provide efficient & precise trenching for mixed terrain ground conditions. Allowing you to to produce uniform, smooth sided, flat bottom trenches due to their tungsten teeth / contoured earth teeth.
Pallet Forks
Pallet Forks

This Pallet Fork system is designed to improve cost effectiveness by giving the excavator fork lift and telehandler capabilities. This maximises the productivity of the excavator whilst improving safety on construction sites. A flexible pin arrangement means the forks are suitable for most excavators and the forks can be width adjusted to suit a variet of pallets and applications. Fork extensions are also available on request.
Pipe Lifters
Pipe Lifters

The Sandhurst Pipe Lifter has been designed specifically to lift and install concrete pipes safely, quickly and without manual intervention. The entire operation is controlled by the excavator machine and operator. The Pipe Lifter can be articulated to an angle of 30 degrees to aid pipe placement without the need for slings or chains. The Pipe Lifter is fitted to the excavator via quick hitch, so hydraulic connection to the excavator is not required.
Clamshell digging bucket
Clamshell digging bucket

The efficient, robust Clamshell Digging Bucket is used on rail & road for excavation, loading, trench digging & handling of bulk materials. The Clamshell bucket can be roated by 360 degrees and can be used in a variety of applications. 

Post Drivers
Post Drivers

The Post Driver is an attachment designed for safe and simple post driving. The Post Driver is an easy and efficient way to drive posts into the ground. The easy to use attachment holds the post securely & accurately during the driving process.
Stone Magnet
Stone Magnet

Stone magnets are used for lifting and transporting flat, thick and non­porous granite, marble, wet cast and other stone slabs, concrete elements, natural stones, sandstone steps and clay pipes etc. Using a vacuum of -0.6 bar, together with an appropriate transportation or lifting device, the Stone Magnet is powered by an integrated battery which must be charged after every use.
Kerb Lifter
Kerb Lifter

The Kerb Lifter is a fully automatic clamp suitable for steps, L-stones, tombstones & kerb stones. The Kerb Lifter is capable of gripping up to 600 kgs and a clamping area from 50mm to 600mm. 
Telescopic Rail Beams
Telescopic Rail Beams

The Telescopic Rail Beam is used for handling rails up to 20m in length and is currently the only hydraulic rail beam certified by Network Rail for the handling of new rails, including running rail, conductor rail and grooved rail. This hydraulic version includes a load levelling function and is supplied with transport stands as standard equipment. Lightweight and compact, the unit includes a failsafe cam mechanism which means no linkage to jam and a protective fully enclosed mechanism.

Rail Thimbles
Rail Thimbles

This universal Rail Thimble is suitable for use with both CEN60 and BS113a rail without adjustment and with practically all types of flat bottomed running rail. Four rollers, fitted with impregnated bronze bushes grip the rail securely under the head and support it during the threading operation.
Universal Rail Beams
Universal Rail Beams

The Universal Rail Beam is designed to be used in pairs for the tandem lifting of track panels, or singly for handling rail. They have a safe working load of 10 tonne and are a multi-purpose beam with hydraulic rail clamping jaws. The jaws of the device are designed for gripping in order to lift either track panels or individual rails according to the rotation angle of the heads.

Manipulator
Manipulator

The Manipulator is a multiaxis handing attachment for posts, signalling poles, tubes, RSJ for rail, telecoms and street lighting. The manipulators are suitable for excavators from 7 - 12 tonnes while being capable of gripping standard & irregular-shaped structures up to 1 tonne. 
Log Grapples
Log Grapples

360 degree Rotating Grabs with two over three tines are used for the safe lifting and handling of railway sleepers, posts, poles and timber etc. They offer significant advantage where space is restricted such as working under bridges, in tunnels or on embankments. Safe effective lifting of rail sleepers and other objects is acheived using two halves in synchronous movement and a doubler acting hydraulic cylinder / lock valve arrangement allowing simultaneous closing.
Tree Shears
Tree Shears

Tree Shears are tools to cut and handle trees and brush for timber harvesting using powerful shear cuts and heavy duty twin clamps for safe and accurate handling. Tree Shears bunch, grip, cut and extract branches and trees vertically without damaging the surrounding forestry, rail and land management.
Branch Cutters
Branch Cutters

Branch Cutters are a powerful attachment for efficient branch cutting & hedge maintenance for the forestry, rail & land management sectors. Our Branch Cutters are suitable for tree pruning up to 100mm diameter branches while mounted to an excavator or front mounted for skid steers.

Brush Cutters
Brush Cutters

Mulchers or Brush Cutters can be used to clear thick scrub, grass, bramble, thicket and brushwood and enable the rapid removal of large areas of overgrown vegetation. With the ability to fit to any excavator, mulchers can be fitted with knife rotors and tips to clear gorse, cut overgrowth and for hedge cutting or with heavy duty retractable hammer blades for thicker branches.
Five Tine Grabs
Five Tine Grabs

The Five Tine Grabs is ideal for track maintenance & perfect for use in low headroom conditions such as tunnels. You can securely & efficiently grips rail sleepers, timber and other material directly from the ground leaving minimal surface damage