The NM-Trailer is a tractor-towed hydraulic boom and bucket unit for cleaning roadside open drains and ditches — a low-cost entry point for municipalities and contractors who already have a suitable tractor and don't need a dedicated truck chassis.
Page last updated: September 9, 2026
The NM-Trailer is towed behind a minimum 35 HP tractor, which also drives the unit's hydraulics through its PTO and a propeller joint. The operator sits at the machine itself, directly beside the ditch, rather than offset at the center of a backhoe — making it far easier to judge reach and avoid damaging the ditch side walls. A telescopic lateral box section extends up to 800mm for better reach and visibility into the ditch, while the articulated boom swings through 90 degrees. The bucket scoops silt, mud, and sediment out of the ditch and empties it directly into the attached 2 cum tipper body, eliminating the need to re-handle silt dumped on the ground. Once full, the tipper body hydraulically empties at the disposal site.
The NM-Trailer ships with the standard ditch bucket, and can be quick-attached with a 4-jaw grab bucket on the same boom for a different kind of job:
Swapping between the two is a quick-attach change on the same boom — no other modification needed.
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A minimum 35 HP tractor, which drives the unit's hydraulics through its PTO and a propeller joint.
Yes — a 4-jaw grab bucket is available as a quick-attach option on the same boom, rated to the same lifting capacity as the standard ditch bucket, and suited to loose garbage or landfill waste rather than compacted silt.
Up to about 1.5 meters below ground level, with a boom outreach of roughly 3.3 meters.
Directly into the attached 2 cum tipper body, which then hydraulically empties at the disposal site — no re-handling of silt dumped on the ground.