You’re on a job site. The ground is as hard as concrete.
Your bucket just scratches the surface. Every scoop takes forever.
You try to dig deeper – but the bucket curls up, the machine shakes, and you’re getting nowhere.
A ripper is a single, sharp tooth that replaces your bucket. It concentrates all your excavator’s power into one point – piercing, prying, and tearing apart the hardest ground.
What Is A Hydraulic Excavator Ripper Anyway?
Instead of a wide bucket, you attach a single heavy-duty steel shank with a replaceable tungsten tip.
You lower it to the ground, curl your arm, and the tip digs in. Then you pry upward – and the ground cracks open like a giant frozen pie.
A hydraulic excavator ripper breaks up rock, frozen earth, asphalt, and compacted soil so your bucket can scoop it up easily.
One operator in Canada told us: “The ground was frozen solid – 2 feet deep. My bucket couldn’t even scratch it. I put on the ripper, made a few passes, and suddenly the bucket could dig like summer.”
Who Buys A Excavator Ripper For Sale?
- Pipeline contractors – trenching through rocky terrain.
- Road builders – breaking asphalt and compacted base layers.
- Foundation crews – loosen hard clay or shale before digging footings.
- Mines and quarries – ripping overburden and soft rock.
- Farmers and land clearers – breaking hardpan and preparing fields.
One customer in Australia told us: “I used to need a breaker for hard ground – slow, loud, expensive. The ripper does the same job in half the time.”
The Numbers You Actually Care About
| Model | YGR02 | YGR04 | YGR06 | YGR08 | YGR10 | YGR14 |
| suitable excavator | 4-6T | 5-9T | 9-16T | 16-23T | 23-30T | 30-39T |
| pin-to-pin distance | 265mm | 310mm | 390mm | 465mm | 520mm | 570mm |
| overall width | 375mm | 420mm | 570mm | 665mm | 740mm | 820mm |
| overall height | 390mm | 950mm | 1180mm | 1260mm | 1380mm | 1470mm |
| pin diameter | 40-50mm | 50-55mm | 60-70mm | 70-80mm | 80-90mm | 80-90mm |
| dipper width | 150-180mm | 180-200mm | 200-315mm | 300-350mm | 360-420mm | 360-420mm |
| plate thickness | 50mm | 55mm | 65mm | 80mm | 90mm | 90mm |
| teeth model | DH55type | DH150type | DH220type | D85Ctype | 4T5502-2type | 4T5502-2type |
| weight | 60kg | 160kg | 245kg | 420kg | 620kg | 775kg |
What this means for you:
- Weight – 60 kg to 775 kg. Lighter than most buckets, so your excavator stays balanced.
- Pin-to-pin distance must match your excavator arm. Measure your bucket’s pin spacing before ordering.
- Plate thickness – 50–90 mm of hardened steel. Won’t bend under heavy prying.
How To Choose The Right Ripper?
- Match your excavator size – use the “suitable excavator” column.
- Check your pin-to-pin distance – it must match exactly.
- Consider your ground type – frozen or rock? Get a carbide-tipped tooth. Just hard clay? Standard tooth works.
Try A Hydraulic Excavator Ripper For 30 Days
We’ll ship the right model. You mount it. You rip your hardest ground for 30 days.
If it doesn’t outperform your bucket – return it. Full refund.
This event is limited to the top 5 participants globally, on a first-come, first-served basis.
One Last Truth
A bucket digs. A ripper breaks.
If you work in hard ground, an excavator ripper for sale will pay for itself in days.
👉 Email admin@chinayugongmachinery.com now. Tell me your excavator model and ground conditions. I’ll recommend the right ripper within 24 hours.
Hard ground? No problem.
