Abstract: The digging attachment for skid loaders is a digging device for removing trees, bushes, and other plants. The universal digging attachment may also be used for other purposes, such as making trenches, digging post holes, and the like. The device comprises a spade blade at the end of an elongate boom. A frame, which has a rear face and a front face, has an attachment plate attached to the front face. The boom is rigidly to a lower central region of the attachment plate so that the spade extends away from the attachment plate. When the digging attachment is attached to the skid loader, an operator of the skid loader can manipulate the digging attachment to dig into soil and remove a plant from the soil in the vicinity of the plant with a minimal amount of disruption to the soil.