Steelwrist Dealer in Southern Alberta
Foothills Equipment is a Steelwrist dealer in Calgary and Lethbridge, serving Southern Alberta. Steelwrist is our lead tiltrotator line, and it's built in Sweden for excavators from compact through full size.
A tiltrotator turns your excavator into a machine that can angle the bucket any way the job needs, without moving the tracks.
We serve Southern Alberta, which for us means everything south of Red Deer, out of our shops in Calgary and Lethbridge.
Why operators choose Steelwrist
- Rotates a full 360 degrees and tilts 45 degrees each way, so you can do more from the cab.
- Fewer machine moves, which saves time, fuel and wear.
- Does the work of an extra set of hands. The gripper lifts a compactor off the truck and sets it in the pit, so nobody's up on the deck slinging chains.
- Built on an open standard. Steelwrist couplers follow Open-S, so you aren't locked into one maker's buckets or tools.
- Cast steel parts and a low build height keep it light and compact, for better digging geometry and fuel efficiency.
- Fits excavators of any brand from 4,400 to 72,600 lb, and XCMG is on the list.
- Safe tool changes, with front pin locking or LockSense, on couplers built to the Open-S standard.
Where it works
- Construction sites
- Road building
- Utility work and cable laying
- Landscaping
- Demolition
- Infill and tight sites, where you work from one spot and have less of the site to repair after
What we carry
35 Steelwrist products, all of them for excavators and mini excavators. Each line links to that attachment type, already filtered to Steelwrist.
Digging, grading, cable, skeleton, sorting, utility and V ditch buckets, built for a tiltrotator.
The XTR and X series tiltrotators, S quick couplers, SQ automatic couplers, XT and TCX tilt couplers, XR rotor couplers and the adaptors that go with them.
The grading beam.
The tree shear.
QuantumConnect cab control, the gripper cassette, factory fitted central lubrication, the GEOfit connection, the V14 connector and the asphalt cutter.
Compaction
1A short line rather than a full category, so it has no page of its own. Ask an advisor what fits.
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No skid steer line.
Steelwrist builds for excavators only. If a skid steer is what you run, AMI and TMG are the lines to look at.
Change tools without leaving the cab
Steelwrist's SQ automatic coupler runs the hydraulics through the coupler itself. Set down the bucket, pick up the hammer, and it's connected in seconds. No hoses to swap, no climbing out.
Already have a compactor or a hammer? An SQ adapter bolts onto the tools you own, so they pick up from the cab too.
Play video: Steelwrist SQ70 automatic coupler in demolitionBacked by Foothills
We know the machine it goes on.
We've been fixing heavy equipment for 9 years, so we set up the tiltrotator around your excavator, not the other way around.
Advisors who match it to the job.
Tell us what you dig, grade or lay and we'll help you pick the tiltrotator, coupler and tools that fit.
One place for the machine and the setup.
Pair a Steelwrist with an XCMG excavator and it all comes from one team in Calgary and Lethbridge.
Questions we get asked
Is there a Steelwrist dealer in Calgary?
Yes. Foothills Equipment is a Steelwrist dealer with a shop in Calgary at 9919 Shepard Rd SE, and a second shop in Lethbridge. We serve Southern Alberta from both, which for us means everything south of Red Deer.
Where can I buy a Steelwrist tiltrotator in Alberta?
From us, in Calgary or Lethbridge. We carry the XTR series and the X series, which between them cover excavators from 4,400 lb up to 72,600 lb, along with the couplers, control system and work tools that go with them.
Do you stock Steelwrist tiltrotators or order them in?
A tiltrotator is matched to your excavator and to the coupler you run, so most go on order rather than off a shelf. Tell an advisor what machine you have and we'll confirm what's available and what the lead time looks like before you commit.
What machines does Steelwrist fit?
Excavators of any brand, from 4,400 lb up to 72,600 lb, which covers mini excavators through full size machines. XCMG is on Steelwrist's own fitment list. There's no Steelwrist for a skid steer.
What does a tiltrotator actually do?
It sits between the stick and the bucket and lets the bucket rotate a full circle and tilt 45 degrees each way. You grade a slope, dig around a pipe or shape a ditch from one position instead of tracking back and forth, so there are fewer machine moves and less wear.
Can a tiltrotator save me a machine on site?
On a lot of jobs, yes. With pallet forks, the excavator can unload the truck, so you may not need a skid steer or loader standing by. With the gripper, it can lift a compactor off the truck and set it in the pit, so nobody has to be up on the deck slinging chains.
Will my other buckets and tools fit a Steelwrist?
Steelwrist couplers are built to Open-S, an open industry standard, so tools from other makers built to the same standard fit and you aren't locked into one maker. A tool you already own, like a compactor, can take an SQ adapter so it picks up from the cab too.
Do you install and support it?
Yes. We were a heavy equipment repair business before we were a dealer, with shops in Calgary and Lethbridge, so the setup happens here and the people who fit it are the people who work on the machine.
Other brands we carry
See what a tiltrotator does for your excavator.
Tell an advisor what you're running and what the job is, and we'll help you work out the right Steelwrist setup.