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Building Amphibious Equipment in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Since 1953

Wetland Equipment Company is an amphibious equipment manufacturer. We design and build amphibious excavators, marsh buggies, drill buggies, and carriers for ground that conventional machines struggle to cross. Founded in the late 1940s, the company built its first amphibious buggy in 1953 and has never moved from its home in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Many of the machines that leave the shop are built to a customer's own specifications.

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From the First Buggy in 1953 to Today

Wetland Equipment's story starts in the late 1940s, when machines that could work on water and soft ground were still new to industry. In 1953, the shop built its first amphibious buggy, and it has never stopped building amphibious equipment.

Over the decades, the company name and its owners have changed more than once, while the work has stayed at the same site in Thibodaux, Louisiana. That continuity has a practical side for anyone running a Wetland machine. If you bought a buggy or an excavator undercarriage from us years ago, the shop that built it is still at the same address, building the same kind of equipment.

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The Craftsmen Behind Every Machine

Our top fifteen craftsmen have 283 combined years of experience building amphibious equipment, and much of what they build is made to a customer’s own requirements. Many of the machines that leave the shop are one of a kind, fitted to a specific job and a specific kind of ground.

That experience works alongside Wetland’s patented pontoon designs and its own engineering, and together they’re a large part of what sets a Wetland machine apart.

How and Where Wetland Equipment Is Built

Every amphibious excavator, marsh buggy, drill buggy, and carrier that Wetland manufactures is built at our shop in Thibodaux, Louisiana. That equipment is made in America.

Our equipment is built around patented pontoon designs and is compatible with multiple equipment brands. If your fleet runs CAT, John Deere, Komatsu, or another make, we can build an amphibious undercarriage for the excavator you already own. Each machine type has its own job: a marsh buggy is built to travel through marsh, a swamp buggy is built heavier for clearing right-of-way in dense swamp, and an amphibious excavator puts pontoons under an excavator so it can dig where the ground won't hold a track.

Standard models cover a wide range of sizes. When a job calls for something larger, our custom builds go up to 90-ton excavators and carriers rated for up to 75,000 pounds, built around the work the machine has to do.

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What Wetland Builds and Sells

Wetland's own manufacturing covers two families of amphibious equipment. The company is also an authorized dealer for a third line, built by another manufacturer and modified here for our customers' work.

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Amphibious Excavators

Excavators mounted on Wetland's patented pontoon undercarriages, for dredging, drainage, pipeline, and restoration work in water and soft ground. Standard sizes start at 5 metric tons, with larger machines built to order.

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Marsh Buggies and Amphibious Carriers

Tracked carriers that move crews, cargo, and drilling equipment across marsh and swamp. The range runs from mini carriers through full-size models, along with seismic drill buggies built for drilling in the same ground.

Fat Truck amphibious vehicle
Fat Truck Amphibious Vehicles

Wetland is an authorized dealer for Fat Truck, a wheeled amphibious work vehicle built in Canada. We fit Fat Trucks with our own attachments and modifications for utility, pipeline, and emergency work.

Wetland Equipment in More Than 30 Countries

Wetland has built equipment for customers in more than 30 countries. Machines from the Thibodaux shop have gone to a pipeline job in Venezuela, a project in Western Australia, and a plowing job in Canada. Closer to home, our equipment has worked in Savannah, Georgia, in South Florida, and in Charleston, South Carolina.

That is why much of our equipment is built to order, with each design tailored to the specific load, terrain, and job requirements.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Wetland Equipment was founded in the late 1940s and built its first amphibious buggy in 1953. The company has worked from the same location in Thibodaux, Louisiana, through every change of name and ownership, and it has never stopped building amphibious equipment.

  • Wetland's amphibious excavators, marsh buggies, drill buggies, and carriers are built at the company's shop in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and made in America. Fat Trucks, which Wetland sells as an authorized dealer, are built in Canada and fitted with Wetland's own modifications.

  • No. Wetland manufactures and sells amphibious equipment for purchase, including to rental companies, and sends rental requests to those customers instead of competing with them. The only machine Wetland rents directly is the Fat Truck.

  • Yes. Custom work is a large part of what Wetland does, from a pontoon undercarriage for the excavator you already run to fully custom builds, including excavators up to 90 tons and carriers rated for up to 75,000 pounds. Send the details of the job, including the ground, the load, and the task, and our team will work out a configuration with you.

  • Wetland equipment is in more than 30 countries, on jobs ranging from pipeline work in Venezuela to projects in Western Australia and Canada. In the United States, our machines have worked in Savannah, Georgia, in South Florida, and in Charleston, South Carolina.

Talk to Wetland Equipment About Your Next Machine

Whether the job calls for an amphibious excavator, a marsh buggy, a drill buggy, or a fully custom build, the conversation starts with the work itself. Contact Wetland Equipment Company to talk through your terrain, your load, and your timeline, and get a machine built for the job in front of you.

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