Your Kubota KX080-4

Common jobs for the Kubota KX080

The Kubota KX080 sits at 8 tonnes and is the largest in Kubota's excavator range. It is made for groundwork, foundations and utility work where a mini machine falls short but you still want a nimble machine. On Swedish jobs it runs pipe trenches, foundation work and drainage for small and medium contractors.

On a utility job the KX080 digs pipe trenches and lays services, on a foundation it digs out and backfills. It grades ground, loads spoil and takes lighter demolition with the right attachment. It is a machine that steps up from mini to midi without becoming hard to move between jobs.

With the S45 hitch you run a digging bucket, a sorting grapple, an auger drive and a medium breaker, and the machine holds balance even with heavier tools out at full reach. At 8 tonnes it carries medium attachments steadily, which makes it a good base for an attachment set.

Buckets and attachments that fit the KX080

For an 8-tonne machine you choose a toothed bucket for excavation and pipe trench, a wide grading bucket for levelling and reinstatement, and a narrow cable bucket for tight trenches. On utility jobs the narrow and wide bucket combination is what you use most through the day.

A sorting grapple belongs on the KX080 in demolition and material handling. It loads stone, pulls apart and sorts spoil without you swapping to a bucket. At 8 tonnes the machine carries the grapple steadily even a fair way out from the tracks.

All attachments run on the S45 hitch, the standard for the midi class. With the same hitch you swap quickly between bucket, grapple, breaker and auger drive and get more out of the machine day on a utility or foundation job.

Hydraulic breaker and heavy attachments for the KX080

An 8-tonne machine drives a medium hydraulic breaker for rock, concrete and frost. On utility jobs the breaker is often the attachment that gets you through rock in the pipe trench or old concrete without needing a bigger machine on site.

Check the oil flow against the breaker spec before you buy. The KX080 has the flow for a medium breaker, but it has to be matched to your machine hydraulics to hit right and last over time.

An auger drive is useful on the KX080 when you take post holes, footing piles and planting pits. The drive rotates and the auger bit is the part that sits in it, and you choose the size by the hole you need. On a midi machine it takes coarser holes without trouble.

S45 quick hitch and fit

The Kubota KX080 runs an S45 hitch, the standard coupler for the midi class. Check the attachments are listed for S45 before you buy. With a common hitch you build a set of attachments that all fit and that you swap quickly between tasks.

A tiltrotator can be fitted to the KX080 and gives the bucket more movement, which is worth it on utility and mixed groundwork where you work near services and edges. On pure trenching where the machine does the same thing all day, the money may do more on extra buckets.