Beyondtech’s skid steer U-type blade Redefines What a Cat, Bobcat, or Kubota Loader Can Do

Beyondtech’s skid steer U-type blade Redefines What a Cat, Bobcat, or Kubota Loader Can Do

Most compact loaders spend their lives switching from buckets to brooms to snowplows, forever chasing the “one more attachment” that will finally let the crew bulldoze soil in the morning and herd snow at night. Beyondtech decided to build that holy-grail tool instead of searching for it, and the result is a true U blade skid steer attachment: a deep-curved, wear-proof scoop that shoves loose fill like a crawler dozer, corrals mulch like a farm silage pusher, and throws winter drifts like a municipal plow — all from the hydraulic lines you already have on your Cat 262, Bobcat S770, or Kubota SVL75.

Why a U-shaped dozer blade Beats Straight, V, or Angle Plates in Real Dirt

A straight dozer blade smears material sideways, a V-plow spills half its load, and an angle plate keeps demanding that you back up for the next windrow. The Beyondtech curve forms a scoop that traps material between tall wings, creating a rolling “snowball” of earth, gravel, or slush that stays in front of the moldboard until you decide to drop it. That geometry turns every push into forward progress, which is why highway departments spec the attachment as their preferred snow pushing U blade and contractors call it the fastest site grading U blade they have ever run on a skid steer.

Because the wings arc forward, the profile carries 35-plus percent more loose fill than a same-width straight plate. That makes it a high capacity U blade for coal in a feed chute, a large volume U blade for mulch behind a garden center, or a drag-along material collection U blade for demolition slabs full of brick shards.

Steel, Hinge, and Hydraulics That Refuse to Quit

Under the paint lives quenched, shot-peened, 450-Brinell plate. Edge impact zones wear even harder — we weld a high-strength steel U blade lip then cover it with a reversible cutting edge blade you can flip at midpoint life. Need extra bite in hard-pack? Unbolt the smooth bar and pin on a serrated edge U blade in ten minutes. Farmers who run on rock yards swear by the bolt-on edge U blade because the crew can change steel between coffee break and chore wagon.

Above the edge two gusset tubes cradle a forged pivot pin blade hung on greasable, self-aligning bushing blade seats. The crown rides dual rams that share flow through a hydraulic balance block, ensuring pure parallel movement — important when you angle the plate twenty degrees and lean into shoulder work. A single lever toggles float for finish pass or snaps tight for brute shove, making the tool feel either like a loader bucket or a crawler tractor at the flick of a wrist.

Skid shoes are optional but recommended on pavers. Choose milled-flat castings for highways or high carbon steel shoe blade runners for gravel yards; both slide into slotted pads and bolt tight with hardened carriage screws. The shoe height stacks in ½-inch increments, saving cutting edge life without raising your discharge ridge.

Hydraulic U blade attachment or Mechanical Pin-Set — You Choose

High-flow Cat users love fingertip control, so Beyondtech offers a cylinder-driven, 30-degree each-way angle adjustable U blade that tilts and offsets from the joystick. Bobcat owners who live on rental lots often pick the mechanical U blade skid steer variant, set the hitch pins once per job, and lock until winter. Both models carry the same frame and the same wear-resistant U blade moldboard; only the hinge kit differs, so you can up-spec the cylinders later if a municipality contract demands live control.

Rapid Attachment, Zero Hassle

Every blade ships with ISO quick-tach lugs welded square and true, plus factory-installed flat face coupler blade hoses. Drive in with a Kubota track loader, click, and push; swap to a Bobcat wheel unit after lunch with no tooling other than the grapple you already own. That “plug-and-play U blade” mentality makes the attachment catnip for rental fleets that need one SKU to satisfy every walk-in customer.

Where the Blade Earns Its Keep Year Round

Construction and Earthmoving

  • Use the earthmoving U blade attachment to rough grade house pads, then back-drag for a laser-flat finish.

  • Frame drains with the trench backfill U blade and skip the wheelbarrows.

  • Shove stockpiled gravel into the crusher hopper using the aggregate handling blade; no more spillover cleanup.

Road & Municipal

  • Clear winter drifts fast as a U snow blade skid steer; wings keep windrows from invading the sidewalk.

  • Push windrowed millings back into pothole prep with a roadwork U blade; less shoveling, more compaction hours.

  • Catch shoulder spill with the shoulder maintenance blade on rural gravel lanes and cut grader passes in half.

Agriculture & Ranch

  • Churn feed piles or clean pens with a feedlot U blade or manure U blade; rinse, park, repeat.

  • Stack corn silage thanks to the silage U blade profile and its smooth, rounded corners that never rip plastic.

  • Spread bedding with the hay handling U blade in freestalls; wings hold straw so the fan never blows it back in your face.

Industrial and Recycling

  • Scoop coal fines, gypsum, or grain with the coal U blade or mulch pushing blade adaptation.

  • Load loose demolition rubble as a demolition cleanup blade; serrated edge pierces drywall clumps and seats the pile.

Forestry & Land Clearing

  • Gather slash and limbs with the forestry debris U blade; one pass replaces five minutes of grapple work.

  • Push brush piles to the burn line, let the wings hold material tight like a pocket.

Productivity and Operator Comfort

The moldboard’s top curl deflects spill back into the bowl, not toward the cab; operators stay clean in rain splash and lime dust. A sight cut-out on each wing tip lets the driver spot the edge over both Cat’s tall tire fenders and Kubota’s track housings. Lever force remains low even on high-flow circuits due to cushioning valves, so fatigue drops on extended push sessions.

Most important, the versatile U blade finishes jobs faster: one Beyondtech test crew shoveled out a barn floor, rough graded an RV pad, and back-drag polished it — all before a competitor’s bucket loader finished its rough pass. Less engine hours, less fuel, more invoice line items; that’s the arithmetic of a true productivity U blade.

Built to Stay in the Field, Not the Shop

Edges flip. Shoes swap. Bushings grease. That is the maintenance list. No shim packs, no exotic anti-friction discs hiding under expensive proprietary labels. Cylinder seals cross-match to any hydraulic supplier, and hinges disassemble with two sockets and a hitch pin driver. Rental houses list it as a low maintenance U blade and report 98 % in-service time the first year.

Value for Every Buyer Category

  • Contractor U blade attachment — eliminate a dozer rental on small sites.

  • Municipal U blade — swap from summer road base to winter snow pass on a single CAT 262.

  • Farm U blade — ditch the back-blade drag and pile feed 3× faster.

  • Rental fleet U blade — one frame covers every loader brand, every season, high ROI.

  • Highway maintenance blade — wing, angle, tilt-float for perfect pothole patch prepping.

The Bottom Line

You bought a skid steer for its legendary versatility. Let Beyondtech’s premium U blade attachment stretch that reputation to bulldozer, snow pusher, silage mover, and grading guru in one. Bolt-on edges keep the moldboard young; a hydraulic hinge keeps the operator efficient; a universal plate keeps your fleet assignment simple.

Pin it on a Cat, Bobcat, or Kubota. Push dirt before coffee, spread silage after lunch, bust drifts at sunset. One curve, endless possibilities — that’s the Beyondtech U-blade way.

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