Most construction projects benefit from a bucket that will increase productivity by reducing the number of passes the tool needs to make. Select the biggest excavator bucket that won’t compromise efficiency—except when you have a particular size requirement, like when digging a trench. Remember that the bucket you use on a 20-ton excavator would be far too big for an 8-ton excavator. A bucket that’s too big will require the machine to do more work, and each cycle will take longer, reduce efficiency, or cause the excavator to topple over.