Specialty Attachments in Southern Alberta
Foothills Equipment carries 29 specialty attachments for excavators, mini excavators, wheel loaders, skid steers, backhoes, motor graders and dozers, from Weldco-Beales, AMI, TMG Industrial, Steelwrist and FMS. We are in Calgary and Lethbridge, serving Southern Alberta, everything south of Red Deer. These are the tools that do not belong to a category: the ones you buy because one specific job keeps costing you money.
Two attachments on this page require a case drain line. Both stump grinders, the skid steer and the excavator version. Read the checks below before ordering one.
29 specialty attachments across five lines.
Broadcast Spreader
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Concrete Pulverizer
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Fixed Boom Pole
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Hydraulic Boom Pole
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Hydraulic Extendible Stick
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Mechanical Boom Pole
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Stump Harvester
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Asphalt Cutters
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Gripper Cassette
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Central Lubrication
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GEOfit
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QuantumConnect Control System
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EX Quick Extension Stick
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CD Sideboom
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Loader Backhoe Side Booms
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WL Jib Booms
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WL Cable Reeler/Handler
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WL Tire Handler
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MG Push Block/ Counter Weight
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MG Cutting Edge Rack with Toolbox
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Push Block
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TMG Skid Steer Backhoe Attachment
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TMG Skid Steer Stump Grinder
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TMG Skid Steer Post Driver
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TMG Skid Steer Wood Chipper
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TMG Excavator Hydraulic Pulverizer
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TMG Excavator Stump Grinder
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TMG Excavator Post Driver
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Grouped by the job, not by the machine.
Driving and drilling
Skid steer and excavator post drivers, for fence posts, sign bases and small pilings, driven from the seat instead of by hand. The excavator version reaches posts on a slope or across a ditch that a skid steer cannot get to.
Stumps and wood
Skid steer and excavator stump grinders that take a stump below grade so the ground can be seeded or paved. A wood chipper for the brush that comes with it. A stump harvester for pulling stumps whole.
Concrete and demolition
Hydraulic concrete pulverizers for excavators and mini excavators, which crush concrete and separate the rebar rather than just breaking it into pieces you still have to handle. Asphalt cutters for cutting a clean edge before you dig.
Lifting and placing
Boom poles in fixed, mechanical and hydraulic versions for backhoes and loaders. Jib booms for wheel loaders. Sidebooms for dozers and backhoes, for pipeline work. A wheel loader tire handler for changing large tires safely. A wheel loader cable reeler for pulling and spooling cable.
Reach
Hydraulic extendible sticks and quick extension sticks, which give an excavator more reach without a bigger machine. Useful on ditching, slope work and anywhere the machine cannot get closer.
Spreading and yard work
A broadcast spreader for backhoes and loaders. A grader cutting edge rack with a toolbox for the shop. Push blocks and counterweights for motor graders.
Tiltrotator systems and accessories
Gripper cassettes, central lubrication, machine connection systems, electrical connectors and the control system that runs a tiltrotator from the cab. These are not attachments in their own right, they are what makes a tiltrotator setup work properly, and they are here because they have nowhere else to live.
Three things to confirm.
Case drain, on both stump grinders
A stump grinder motor needs a third hydraulic line back to tank, separate from supply and return, to relieve the pressure that builds inside the motor case. The manufacturer own warning is plain: run one without a case drain line and you will blow a seal or damage the hydraulic line. The skid steer stump grinder needs a 3/8 inch case drain, and the excavator stump grinder needs one as well. If your machine does not have the port, sort it before the attachment arrives, not after.
Flow and pressure, on anything powered
The skid steer stump grinder runs on 18 to 23 GPM at 3000 PSI. The excavator stump grinder runs on 13 to 20 GPM. The skid steer post driver wants 9.5 to 16 GPM and a machine with at least 1500 lb of lift capacity. Every powered tool here has a range and it is not a suggestion.
Mount and carrier size
Skid steer tools use a universal skid steer quick attach. Excavator tools are rated by carrier tonnage and go on pin on or on a coupler. Loader and grader tools go on the machine hitch. Tell us what is on the machine.
And one honest note about this page. Several of these are low volume products that are built to order. Availability varies more here than anywhere else in the catalogue, so your advisor confirms it before you commit to anything.
Questions we get asked
Do I need a case drain line for a stump grinder?
Yes, on both the skid steer and the excavator versions. It is a third hydraulic line that returns oil from inside the motor case straight to tank. The manufacturer warning is that running without one will blow a seal or damage the hydraulic line, so this is not a nice to have. If your machine does not have a case drain port, get that done before the attachment arrives.
Can I drive fence posts with a skid steer?
Yes. A hydraulic post driver mounts on a universal skid steer quick attach and pounds posts from the seat, in an 8 inch or a 10 inch cup. The machine needs 9.5 to 16 GPM and at least 1500 lb of lift capacity. There is an excavator version as well, which is the one you want if the posts are on a slope or across a ditch.
What is a concrete pulverizer and how is it different from a breaker?
A breaker hits concrete and cracks it. A pulverizer closes on it and crushes it, separating the rebar as it goes, so you end up with material that can be hauled or processed rather than slabs that still need handling. On a demolition job they do different halves of the same work, and a lot of contractors use both.
Can I get more reach out of my excavator without buying a bigger machine?
Sometimes, yes. Hydraulic extendible sticks and quick extension sticks add reach to the machine you have. It costs you some lift capacity at full extension, which is the tradeoff, so talk it through with an advisor against what the job actually needs.
What if the attachment I need is not listed?
Ask. This page is what we catalogue, not the limit of what our lines build. Several of them build to order, and one runs a configurator that shapes a tool to your machine. Tell an advisor the job and we will tell you straight whether there is a tool for it.
If one job keeps costing you money, there is probably a tool for it.
Tell an advisor what the job is and what machine you run. We will tell you whether it exists, what the machine needs to run it, and what it takes to get one.