Rotastar
Screening
Bucket
Every load you haul off is money leaving the job. Every load of topsoil or fill you truck back in costs you twice. The Rotastar screening bucket lets your excavator, skid steer, or loader screen material where it sits. What used to be waste becomes clean, sellable, reusable product without a screening plant, extra trucks, or double handling.
Why Rotastar Screening Buckets Solve Your Biggest Jobsite Problem
— THE PROBLEM
Paying to Move Dirt Twice
On most sites, mixed material gets hauled away as waste, and clean fill gets bought and trucked back in. Sending it to a screening facility isn’t much better: you pay for haul-out trucks, processing fees, and buying back the screened product, while your crew waits on loads. Mobile screening plants are heavy and slow to mobilize. Mesh and drum buckets clog in wet or root-heavy material. The Rotastar screens on site with your own machine, so the material you already own becomes the product you would have paid for.
— THE SOLUTION
Screening at the End of Your Stick
Rows of flexible polyurethane stars on rotating shafts push oversize out the front while fines drop through. No pinching or crushing, so rock stays rock and your product stays clean. The large, self-clearing screening surface keeps producing in wet topsoil and clay, even with sticks and roots mixed in.
— THE RESULT
Your Spoil Pile, Now Product
Fewer trucks
material stays on site
No facility fees
no tipping, no buy-back
Less purchased fill
reuse what you dig
Sellable product
clean screened material
Screening Pays. Literally.
Screening isn’t just cleanup, it’s a revenue stream. Plug in the numbers and find out what a Rotastar could add to your bottom line.
Takes 60 seconds. No email required.
— PRODUCT LINE
Rotastar Models
From compact skid steers and mini excavators up to 34-ton machines.
Model RS2-4
Carrier Weight: 2.4 – 4.4 Tons
Average Screening: 17 Tons p/hr
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Model RS3-5
Carrier Weight: 3.3 – 5.5 Tons
Average Screening: 28 Tons p/hr
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Model RS4-6
Carrier Weight: 4.6 – 6.6 Tons
Average Screening: 39 Tons p/hr
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Model RS4-9
Carrier Weight: 4.4 – 9.9 Tons
Average Screening: 50 Tons p/hr
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Model RS8-14
Carrier Weight: 8.8 – 15.4 Tons
Average Screening: 66 Tons p/hr
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Model RS9-13
Carrier Weight: 9.9 – 14.3 Tons
Average Screening: 50 Tons p/hr
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Model RS10-20
Carrier Weight: 11.0 – 22.0 Tons
Average Screening: 83 Tons p/hr
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Model RS13-20
Carrier Weight: 14.3 – 22.0 Tons
Average Screening: 105 Tons p/hr
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Model RS20-30
Carrier Weight: 22.0 – 33.1 Tons
Average Screening: 125 Tons p/hr
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— From the Field
Don't take our word for it. Take theirs.
Contractors, landscapers, and land managers across the Northeast run A&D equipment every day. Read what they say about the attachments, the support, and the results on the job — including survey results straight from Rotastar owners.
— IN THE FIELD
ROTASTAR PHOTO GALLERY
— VIDEO
SEE IT IN ACTION
— GOOGLE REVIEWS
What Rotastar Owners Say
4.8
Based on 37 Google reviews
“Got the 4-9 screening bucket sight unseen untested and I’m blown away.”
On his first job, he screened the excavated soil and used the tailings for the footing drains instead of hauling in drain rock.
John Towne
Rotastar RS4-9 owner
“I absolutely love this product! It literally changed my life!”
Adam Lusardi
Rotastar owner
“Passionate about their products, especially the screening bucket they offer.”
Ryanne Bostrom
Google review
Rotastar Tour America
Put a Rotastar on your machine. There is no cost to demo the bucket. We simply collect a transportation fee to help offset shipping expenses, which varies based on the bucket size selected. We ship it to you, help with setup, and train your operator. Since 2022, the Tour has logged more than 53,400 miles across the U.S.
— Questions
ROTASTAR FAQS
What materials can the Rotastar screen?
Topsoil, fill, rock, roots, vegetation, compost, demolition fines, and mixed waste — including wet and sticky material that clogs mesh buckets.
Will the Rotastar fit my machine?
Models fit skid steers, loaders, and excavators up to 34 tons. We’ll confirm carrier weight, hydraulic flow, and coupling before you order.
Do you provide setup and operator training?
Yes. Every Rotastar comes with setup help and operator training, onsite or virtual, so your crew is productive from day one.
Where do I get Rotastar parts and service?
Directly from A&D Equipment. We stock Rotastar parts in Connecticut and ship nationwide.
Field-Tested by A&D Equipment
Before A&D Equipment, there was LaFata and Son, the second-generation excavating company run by owners Donna and Anthony LaFata. For nearly 20 years, the same three Rotastar screening buckets have worked their jobs, screening hundreds of thousands of yards of dirt. Same buckets. Still running.
Rotastar separates rock, roots, and debris from soil right on site, so crews haul less and leave clean, workable ground. Built in the UK by Lloyd Engineering, offered in nine models for excavators, loaders, and skid steers.
We don’t just sell Rotastar. We’ve run it for two decades.
