John Deere 27-35 Excavator Bucket Builder

John Deere 27-35 excavator bucket options can be built around the way you work. Choose a tooth bucket for digging and breaking material loose, or choose a smooth edge bucket for grading, cleanup, and finish work. As you select the width, edge style, tooth setup, and bolt-on edge option, the product price updates before checkout.

Built for John Deere 27-35 size machines

This Build-A-Bucket page is made for John Deere 27-35 class compact excavators. It is set up for customers who want to choose the working bucket style and options without going back and forth on a custom quote.

Tooth bucket or smooth edge bucket

• Tooth bucket: best for digging, trenching, clay, hardpack, roots, stumps, and material that needs to be ripped loose before loading.
• Smooth edge bucket: best for grading, ditch cleaning, loose soil, gravel, cleanup, backfilling, and finish work where a clean cutting edge matters.

Bucket width guide

Tooth system options

Tooth buckets can be built with OEM Hensley 156 style teeth or ESCO Super-V17 teeth. ESCO Super-V17 is our recommended option for most customers because replacement teeth are common, easy to source, and well suited for everyday compact excavator work.

Extra set of teeth

If you want replacement teeth ready to go, add an extra set during the build. The extra set option includes the matching teeth and pins for the tooth style you select.

Bolt-on edge option

Smooth edge buckets can be configured with a bolt-on cutting edge. Choose this when you want a replaceable wear edge for grading, backfilling, scraping, and cleanup work. It adds wear life without changing the bucket into a tooth bucket.

Common uses

• Trenching and digging around foundations, utilities, drainage, and landscape work.
• Grading driveways, pads, drainage cuts, and yard or jobsite cleanup areas.
• Loading soil, gravel, clay, mulch, and loose construction material.
• Backfilling, shaping, ditch cleaning, and finish passes with a smooth edge bucket.
• Breaking packed material loose with a tooth bucket before loading or sorting.

How this Build-A-Bucket step works

1. Choose tooth bucket or smooth edge bucket.
2. Select the bucket width that fits your work.
3. Choose tooth style or bolt-on edge options when they apply.
4. Review the live total before adding the bucket to your cart.
5. Continue through the Build-A-Bucket flow for branding and checkout.