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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TriHonu" data-source="post: 25308" data-attributes="member: 897">If the bucket was big enough to stand in you probably saw a mining shovel or a larger version of this:<img src="https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/TriHonu/Backwards1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />or it might be...<img src="https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/TriHonu/Backwards2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />From a quick glance they may appear to be the same type of equipment.  If you look closer at the booms you will see the hydraulics on the shovel are mostly below the boom away from the material you are working on.  On an excavator you will notice the hydraulics are above the boom again away from the material when the bucket is mounted normally.  The buckets are also different.  The shovel buckets are normally hinged at the top to allow the bucket to dump out the bottom.There are numerous reasons to reverse the bucket on an excavator.  That is if you have a quick attach system that will allow it.   a.  The first is the ability to dig under something from the machine side.  This can be anything from digging under a foundation to digging under existing sewer and water lines.      b.  Backfilling can be done very efficiently with the bucket reversed.      c.  Ditch cleaning when the material is not going to be trucked away can also be very efficient since you are digging away from the road and can keep the shoulder both clean and smooth.</blockquote>

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