BAV Crushers Limited design and manufacture a range of crushing and screening products available as alligator excavator attachments. We have products to help you work profitably on a wide range of contracting tasks, such as the demolition and dismantling of concrete structures or the on site recycling of domestic rubble from household building and landscaping.

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Find out more about BAV

What we make


Rubble and concrete crushing and recycling waste can reap many rewards such as:

  • Produce usable aggregate and fill from waste rubble
  • Reduce vehicle movements on and off site
  • Avoid transportation costs and hassle
  • Save money on costly skips
  • Increase scrap value by crushing reinforcing metal clean of concrete
  • Avoid increasing environmental taxes

All BAV products are designed and manufactured in the UK to help you comply with the Proximity Principle, which states that wherever possible, all waste should be
processed at the point of origination.

Our history
  • 1999, in response to strong demand
    from customers , DIGBITS built their first BAV Alligator Crusher
    attachment, the BAV3, for mini/midi diggers.
  • 2005, DIGBITS produced their first tracked jaw crusher - the BAVTRAK micro, now superseded by the BAVTRAK 009.
  • 2007, the BAV6 Alligator Crusher and the BAVTRAK 025 mini tracked crusher is launched.
  • 2008, BAV Crushers Limited is incorporated and takes over production of all BAV products in a purpose built facility.
  • 2010, the BAV-CB range of crusher buckets is launched.
  • 2012, the BAV-RS range of rotary screening buckets is launched.
  • 2018, the company's first crusher bucket, the CB3 is replaced by the new BAV-CB5
  • 2024, the smallest crusher bucket model, the BAV-CB for 1.5 to 2,5t mini excavators is launched.

What is a 'BAV'?

We’re often asked what the name BAV means. The answer is fairly straightforward and relates to the initial Alligator Crusher model we began developing in 1998, the BAV3.

We have used CAD to design all BAV machines, the latest have been designed with SolidWorks 3D CAD and FEA analysis, and the name derives simply from our early filing system:

  • Any project relating to buckets or excavator mounted attachments would carry a ‘B’ prefix. 
  • The project name “alligator” was used from the start and this is where the letter ‘A’ comes from. 
  • We ran numerous initial designs for our first crusher, but it was the third version which was the then prototyped, hence the ‘V3’ suffix. 

Since 1998, we have added further models as required by customers, these new BAV series numbers had to fit in with the numbering system. This numbering also applied to our ranges of crushing and screening buckets.

In hindsight the numbering is no more or less logical than, for example, the system used by BMW for their cars, but it’s just the way it evolved.

Benefits

The BAV philosophy is to allow the recycling of waste brick, concrete, soil and stone to be done on the most compact sites.

The machines are designed for compact, modern job sites, where the ability to recycle 'a little and often' is paramount.

Recycling on site can bring benefits in cost, time and environmental impact.

The original

Ultra-Compact crushing and screening attachment range

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Full parts backup

haveing only one, wholly owned factory for production means we have excellent stock and availability of spare parts. Aside from holding stock of common wear parts, we are even able to manufacture spares for older models.

When you buy an expensive excavator attachment, you are also buying into the spares backup. A cheap price is soon forgotten when equipment gets sidelined due to lack of parts. If you buy from an undisclosed factory overseas, how long have they been in business, how long will they carry on producing the product and what long term component availability is there?