A bucket ladder dredger, also called a bucket-chain dredger, uses an endless chain of buckets running over a ladder to cut and lift material from the bottom. It is one of the oldest types of dredger and is still used for stiff clay, soft rock, environmental dredging and aggregate mining. Boogaard Brokers has been buying and selling dredging equipment since 1923. We have no bucket ladder dredger listed at the moment and source them on request from owners worldwide.
Bucket ladder dredgers, or bucket dredgers, are rarely advertised, and most change hands directly between owners. Send us your requirements and we will approach owners for you:
Please contact us with your specifications.
The buckets run on a chain around a ladder that is lowered to the bottom. Each bucket cuts into the soil at the lower end, carries the material up and empties it into a chute at the top, from where it flows into a barge alongside or onto a conveyor. The dredger holds position on anchors and winches and moves sideways across the cut. Most bucket ladder dredgers are stationary, but some are self-propelled and can sail to the site under their own power.
A bucket ladder dredger produces a nearly undiluted cut with an even bottom profile, and it can handle stiff clay and soft rock. That makes it suitable for work where accuracy and limited mixing with water matter. For loose sand over long distances, a cutter suction dredger or a trailing suction hopper dredger is usually more productive; for work near quay walls and in confined areas, a backhoe dredger is a common alternative.
There is no list price for a used bucket ladder dredger. The price depends mainly on:
Please contact us for a realistic market price for a specific dredger, or read more about our dredger valuation services.
We guide the purchase from first enquiry to delivery: we check specifications, class status and documents, coordinate inspections, negotiate the terms and prepare the Memorandum of Agreement and closing documents. Read more about our brokerage services.
Also see all our dredgers for sale and the split hopper barges that often work with bucket dredgers. Want to sell a bucket ladder dredger? List your vessel with us.
That depends on bucket size, dredging depth, drive, propulsion, age and condition. Send us your requirements and we will send you suitable dredgers with full specifications, or ask for a valuation of a specific dredger.
A bucket ladder dredger lifts the material with a chain of buckets and loads it into barges. A bucket wheel dredger is a suction dredger with a rotating wheel of buckets instead of a cutter head, which loosens the soil before it is pumped away. Bucket wheel dredgers are listed with our cutter suction dredgers.
Yes. Send us the bucket size, dredging depth, output and delivery area you need, and we will approach owners for you.
Send us the main particulars, bucket and ladder details, class status and recent photos via List your vessel, or contact us directly. We advise on a realistic asking price and present the dredger discreetly to buyers worldwide.
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