Tackle your jobs with a complete Cat® solution. Cat attachments are not just accessories – they are essential tools that define what your machine can do. When you pair a Cat excavator with Cat attachments, you unlock a fully integrated system built for performance, durability, and efficiency. Whether you are clearing land, breaking concrete, or compacting soil, the right attachment transforms your excavator into a powerful, multi-purpose tool ready for any challenge. Depending on your project or application, you could benefit from excavator attachments such as
- Buckets: Handle everything from digging and grading to cleanup and debris removal with your excavator. Caterpillar® offers general duty, heavy duty, extreme duty, and severe duty buckets, as well as specialized designs for ditch cleaning, rock, and finishing work. Reinforced edges and wear-resistant materials ensure long-lasting performance in tough conditions.
- Couplers (HEX): Cat® couplers for excavators enable fast, secure attachment changes, without the need to leave the cab. From Pin Grabbers to hydraulic quick connect options, couplers help reduce downtime, boost jobsite efficiency and promote versatility by allowing multiple machines to share a common attachment inventory.
- Hammers: Break concrete, rock, and steel with up to 1,000 blows per minute. Built for high-production demolition, quarrying, and construction, they offer powerful impact energy and consistent performance. Their durability and low-maintenance design make them essential for demanding breaking applications.
- Multi-Processors: A versatile tool for demolition, equipped with interchangeable jaws to handle concrete, steel, and rebar. Multi-Processors combine cutting, crushing and pulverizing capabilities in one attachment. Their modular design maximizes efficiency across a range of job site demands.
- Demolition and Sorting Grapples: Tackle larger debris or precisely sort materials into piles. These grapples are engineered for accuracy in demolition and material sorting, handling concrete, rebar, wood, and mixed debris. High clamping force and agile movement make them ideal for primary and secondary demolition and recycling operations.
- Scrap and Demolition Shears: Rotating shears provide precision cutting for metal structures, pipes, rebar, and scrap, making them ideal for demolition and recycling. Their powerful jaws and fast cycle times ensure clean cuts and high productivity. Built for durability, they excel in heavy-duty steel processing.
- Pulverizers: Built to crush concrete and separate rebar during demolition and recycling. With high crushing force and fast cycle times, pulverizers efficiently reduce material for easier handling. Primary models feature 360° bidirectional rotation and tackle structure teardown, while secondary models have a fixed jaw design and process debris after demolition.
- Compactors (Vibratory Plate): Compact soil, sand, gravel and asphalt quickly and efficiently to create a stable foundation. Vibratory plate compactors deliver high-impact force and even coverage, reducing air pockets and improving surface integrity for trenching, roadwork, and patching.
- Rotary Cutters: Get accurate, precise work with less noise and vibration. Cat® Rotary Cutters deliver high torque and precision for a range of applications: demolition, grinding, profiling, trenching, tunneling, and quarrying. Specifically designed for excavator-mounted use to handle heavy-duty materials like concrete, rock, and dense brush with ease.
- Orange Peel Grapples: Built for scrap and bulk material handling, Orange Peel Grapples excel with irregular, heavy loads like metal, rock, and waste. Their hydraulic tines provide superior grip and penetration. High-capacity and continuous rotation are perfect for scrap yards and transfer stations. Caterpillar® offers these grapples with a choice of different shell designs and tine options suited to various applications.
- Clamshell Grapples: Perfect for bulk material handling, dredging, and excavation of loose or semi-compacted materials like sand, gravel, and debris. Their dual-opening jaws allow for precise loading and unloading. High-capacity and controlled operation make them ideal for ports, recycling, and heavy civil projects.
Cat® attachments are engineered to maximize your excavator’s productivity, helping you get more work done with greater efficiency and confidence. Choosing the right attachment is not just about compatibility, it is about unlocking your machine’s full potential while avoiding equipment damage or safety risks. Connect with your Cat Dealer to find the optimal attachments for your specific machine and application needs.
Not all attachments are available in all regions. Contact your Cat Dealer for details.
The Cat® 340 Variable Angle Boom 6.6m (21'8") (VAB) provides one extra articulation to maximize your application range while minimizing the space required to rotate in tight earthmoving and demolition sites, allowing you to work closer to the machine.
On-Board Cat Technology Helps Increase Efficiency
- This configuration is equipped with standard Cat technologies, including Standard Grade Assist, Cat Payload, and 2D E-Fence, which boosts operating efficiency through technology and is compatible with VisionLink™, Cat PL161 attachment locator, Remote Troubleshoot, Remote Flash, and Cat Inspect, allowing you to eliminate the guesswork in managing your equipment.
- Cat Grade Assist for excavators automates boom and stick movements for more accurate cuts with less effort. It uses machine position sensors and operator-defined depth and slope parameters to enable single-lever digging, helping improve efficiency.
- Cat Payload helps you achieve precise load targets to improve your operating efficiency. Pick up a load of material--with a bucket and thumb combination or grapple and clamshell attachments--and get a real-time weight estimate without swinging.
- The 2D E-Fence prevents the excavator from moving outside operator-defined set points. The system works with thumb and bucket combinations, hammer, grapple, and clamshell attachments.
Demolition Cab Compatibility
- For demanding demolition sites, the 340 VAB is compatible with the optional demolition cab that tilts up to 30° for a more productive and comfortable sight line.
- The front windshield and roof window are made with EN 356 P5A glazing for enhanced impact resistance and have one-piece parallel wipers with three intermittent settings and washer spray.
- Standard Operator Protective Guards (OPG) help protect the roof and front reinforced EN356 P5A laminated windows from falling debris during demolition while helping to maintain visibility on the jobsite.
- The optional demolition cab features a larger premium heated and cooled seat with a 254 mm (10 in) high-resolution touchscreen monitor. The monitor allows operators to view the active stability monitoring system, which gives audible and visual alerts when the work tool's position approaches its stability limit.
- Get in and out of the cab with ease using the tip-up left console.
- Control the excavator comfortably with easy-to-reach controls located in front of you.
- Stow your gear with plenty of in-cab storage beneath and behind the seat, overhead, and in the consoles.
- Use the standard radio’s USB ports and Bluetooth® technology to connect personal devices and make hands-free calls.
- Rearview and side-view cameras are standard. You can also upgrade to 360° visibility to view objects and personnel around the machine in a single view.
- Grease sealed between track pins and bushings reduces travel noise and prevents debris from entering to increase undercarriage life.
The 340 VAB configuration is available for Europe only.
