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Thin Ice? Cold Temps? No problem for our buggies!

Wider Overall for stability in water and safety of the operator Welded Construction for ease of transportation All Our Pontoons are built with patented features to reduce down time and improve productivity to keep the machine working longer.

Custom Buggy

The best way to make an average man look small? Build a huge machine and ask him to stand next to it! It was big before, but we made it gigantic.

John Deere 250 with Super Long 60’ Reach

Now that we are officially in winter. How about a warm California buggy? John Deere 250 with Super Long 60’ Reach Catwalks and handrails 350 gallon fuel tank Secondary auxiliary hydraulics with priority flow for a small cutter to maintain...

8.5 Metric Ton Mini Buggy

8.5 metric ton Mini buggy with a 30' reach, Auxiliary engine larger than the excavator engine 85HP, pontoon undercarriage and a Wetland 16" u ditcher. This buggy is fully customized to fit the customer’s needs. Hope everyone has a great and...

Steel Ditcher Buggy

This style of carrier buggies were built back in the 1970's and 1980's and some are still working today. This one was customized with U ditcher for dewatering salt marsh to control mosquitos. We also build ditcher biggies to control water flow,...

Custom Amphibious Buggy Cat 320E

Custom amphibious buggy Cat 320E with 200 HP auxiliary engine, using a Wetland 36" U ditcher, on a 50' super long reach excavator. It is designed to remove water from a National Wildlife Refuge for the Fish & Wildlife Services.

Long Term Customers

Congrats to our great customer in Tennessee on their third amphibious excavator. This customer has had our equipment since the early 2000s and is still running all three machines daily.

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Volvo 210E - Powerline ROW Maintenance Everglades

Auxiliary High flow circuit for cutter attachment Secondary Oil cooler for additional cooling in South Florida Heat Auxiliary combination counterweight/fuel tank 2 foot wide walkways and handrails (both are removable) Working powerline ROW...

Full Custom Amphibious Excavator

This is a Full Custom Amphibious Excavator: Auxiliary engine package designed to cut 36" trees. John Deere 4045 99HP engine Slashbuster 480S requiring 30 GPM @ 5,000 PSI with optional swivel discharge chute. Internment Reverse 100 Gallon...

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Early 1990s Old School Buggy

Old school mechanical buggy with 4-speed transmission and clutches for steering. Built-in the 1990s for a local Louisiana company. Throwing it back to the early 1990s or the old school days with a mechanical buggy. Who remembers twin disc clutches and...

Full Custom Volvo 140 Amphibious Excavator

This is a Full Custom Volvo 140 Amphibious Excavator with custom drum cutting package working in the everglades

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Amphibious Volvo 300

Amphibious Volvo 300 headed to an Island to live the rest of its life (20 Plus Years). It has several pontoons brothers and sisters on the Island that have been there since the late mid and late '90s and also early 2000's

Amphibious Drill

Check out one of our amphibious drills in the field drilling foundations for power line infrastructure.

Stand out from the Crowd!

Check out this soil sampling buggy from the Carolina's that was painted bright green! What a great way to get noticed.

Custom Amphibious Ditcher Buggy

Full Custom Amphibious Ditcher Buggy for the east Coast Mosquito Control. They have been using different variations of this machine since the early 1980s.

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John Deere 85G

Check out this John Deere 85G. Contact Wetland Equipment today for more information about the equipment we offer.

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Tree Cutting Buggies

We specialize in custom amphibious tree cutting buggies with auxiliary engine packages for high production. With the auxiliary engine and pump, you don’t lose power to the boom or stick when trying to cut trees.

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Marsh for mosquito control

Have you ever seen a JCB 80 with a 30' boom, amphibious undercarriage, 16" ditcher and 85 HP auxiliary engine package? Well, we built one and delivered to New Jersey. The engine is dedicated to running the attachments a tree drum cutter and a 16”...

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Link-Belt 240

This Link-Belt 240 was built in 2002 in Illinois for the waterway division, and it is still being used today on a daily basis. It has a 60' reach, a 350-gallon fuel tank, and 2' wide walkways.

Custom Mini Amphibious Excavators

These custom mini amphibious excavators have an auxiliary engine 3 times larger than an excavator engine. The auxiliary engine is designed to work at maximum production cutting trees while maintaining full power to the excavator. You are able to cut trees...

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Quality and Longevity

Check out the 6th amphibious machine since the 1990s. All are in working condition! A Volvo 300 with 60’ super long reach, auxiliary fuel tank/counterweight and walkways with handrails. It was built by a crane at the dock then transported on...

Drilling Buggy

Welcome to Charleston, SC this is a specific built drilling buggy for a great customer in South Carolina. They like their equipment to stand out in a crowd with color and because it is something different.

Wheeled Buggy - 33 years and counting!

We received a request to build a wheeled buggy. It was built in 1986 for a customer who is still using it today, 33 years and counting. Not many pieces of equipment last that long in the extreme conditions where this buggy works. It works in the ponds...

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Cat 326F

Check out one of our long-time customers in Savannah, GA using a Cat 326F on our Amphibious Undercarriage. They are currently working with several of our buggies, this is their 4th buggy in 6 years. They included our most popular options walkways/handrails...

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Custom Excavator for Pipeline Work in Venezuela

We recently built and designed this a custom lifted amphibious excavator for a customer in Venezuela. He uses it in a transition zone near the ocean for pipeline work. It has a 3-foot long adapter ring mounted between the pontoons and the swing bearing....

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Just Keep Digging

Most of the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing snow, but that doesn't stop our machines! Our equipment is thriving, even in the tundra of Northern Canada. Our cabins are fully heated to keep employees working in cold climates comfortable during their...

Our equipment is all over the globe!

Our equipment is all over the world and is versatile enough for every climate! We are experiencing a Polar Vortex in the US. Meanwhile, in Australia, they are having summer fun.

Southern Cali Restoration Project

We partnered with our local Deere dealer and together we built 2 John Deere 250’s for a Southern Cali restoration project.

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Clearing up Powerlines the Wetland Equipment Way!

Contact Wetland Equipment today for more information!

Infrastructure Expansion in South Florida

This buggy will drill a 10’ diameter hole. It's currently working in the Everglades in South Florida. The drill is a Cat AF190E and the pontoons are 45’ x 8’ x 8’. The buggy weighs over 175,000 pounds when it is assembled ready...

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Custom Plow Faces Canadian Tundra

This custom buggy was created to plow fiber-optic cable through a frozen wetland in the tundra. It plowed almost 900 miles of fiber through northern Canadaian muskeg. It buried ½” cable 32” deep with a Broun V-75 and never even hooked...

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