A Mini Excavator Thumb is a useful tool that goes on the end of your stick and helps you clamp material with your bucket. If you think about your thumb on your hand, a thumb on this machine works fairly similar to how you use your thumb on a daily basis. If you have never used a tool like this before think of your thumb tool just as the thumb on your hand and your bucket just as your index finger on your hand. You will clamp debris and material using your bucket and thumb just like with your thumb and index finger. A lot of people are so used to only utilizing a bucket on their mini excavator that they do not think they will ever use a thumb. However, once people get a thumb they cannot remember how they will ever lived without it.
There are many different types of thumbs and it many different sizes that will fit with whatever bucket you may be using on your machine. Some of the most popular thumbs are hydraulic ones that are controlled within the cab by the operator. These are the most popular because they are handy and allow you to really maneuver the thumb and bucket depending on the size of the material or debris you are trying to pick up.
