More bulk before the load
Added thickness can increase the dead weight the loader carries all day. Which not only limits what you can lift but also wears on your machine.
Read before you buy
Know the steel behind the attachment.
Steel grade affects durability, attachment weight, and how much useful lift capacity your machine has left for the load.
Strength without dead weight
Thicker Steel does not always mean stronger.
Some manufacturers add excessive steel thickness or bracing to compensate for lower-grade steel. That adds weight your machine must lift before it ever picks up material.
Higher-strength steel allows an attachment to deliver serious working strength without relying on unnecessary bulk. The result is more of your machine’s capacity available for the work.
strength from the ground up
High-strength steel as the base for the attachment helps preserve usable capacity for the material being moved.
Interactive steel comparison
See the strength difference.
Compare steels commonly used in attachment structures, tines, edges, and high-wear areas. The bars use the same scale, so the difference is easy to see.
Typical value
AR400F
4.2×the published yield figure of A36
A through-hardened, abrasion-resistant steel selected for its balance of strength, wear resistance, impact toughness, formability, and weldability.
What this shows: Yield strength is the stress at which steel begins to deform permanently. These published material figures compare equal cross-sections—not completed attachments. Plate thickness, geometry, welds, heat treatment, and fitment still affect real attachment performance. Values can vary by thickness and mill; the material test report is the final authority.
Reference values: AISC published minimum yield strength for A36 and A572 Grade 50; SSAB minimum yield strength for A514 plate up to 2.5 inches; SSAB published typical yield strength for AR400F.
USA-sourced steel
Why ANBO uses AR400F.
The hardest steel is not automatically the best steel for every job. ANBO uses AR400F because it balances the properties a hard-working attachment needs.
Wear resistance
Built to stand up to repeated contact with brush, roots, rock, soil, and debris.
Impact toughness
Designed for demanding work where tines and edges see sudden, concentrated loads.
Formability
Its combination of formability and toughness helps the steel flex slighlty, under severe load without cracking as readily as a more brittle material. If it does bend, it can often be repaired rather than snapping
Weldability
Supports dependable fabrication and quality welds when handled with the right process.
The complete attachment
Good steel is the start—not the whole story.
Strength, machine performance, and service life also depend on the components around the steel and how the attachment fits the machine.
Useful attachment weight
A properly sized attachment helps protect the lift capacity and stability your machine depends on.
Working hydraulics
Protected hose routing, suitable cylinders, and serviceable components matter under real operating pressure.
Machine-specific fitment
Mount geometry affects visibility, rollback, reach, and how efficiently the machine transfers force into the load.
Questions worth asking
Before you buy an attachment.
A product’s weight or steel thickness cannot tell the full story. Ask for the steel grade and look at how the entire attachment is engineered.
Compare ANBO attachments- What grade of steel is used in the working tines and high-wear areas?
- Is extra thickness being used to compensate for a lower-strength steel?
- How much of the machine’s lift capacity will the attachment consume?
- Are the pivots, hoses, cylinders, and wear points easy to service?
- Was the mount geometry designed for the machine it will be installed on?
Let’s match strength to the machine.