Sector Analysis
As ever CMME has attempted to sort the wheat from the chaff and present some of the better options out there. Given that Amilcare Merlo claims to have invented the machine it is logical to start at the Italian company’s latest and greatest in its Roto range. The company, which tied up a deal with Famco last year, has unveiled updates to its MCSS models. The 40.30 MCSS features a larger chassis and offers a 30metre lift height with a four tonne capacity. The larger Grand Roto 60.24 MCSS comes with a 24m lift and six tonne capacity. Rental specialist Nixon Hire is concentrating on the Qatar market. The UK company has introduced a full selection of JCB’s telehandlers and attachments into the market. JCB launched its first five-stage-boom Loadall telescopic handler last year. The 540-200 has a 20m working height and a maximum lift capacity of 4tonnes. Using the same driveline as the 540-170, the machine is powered by JCB’s 75kW Dieselmax engine. The Loadall has a four-speed powershift transmission and uses a single servo joystick to control all boom functions. Rapid Access is one of many Gulf dealers armed with Genie’s newest machines. The UAE and KSA dealer is touting the GTH-4018 as the perfect Middle East model. The robust and straight forward to use machines certainly look the part. Rotating Rough Terrain telehandlers are a perfect heavy-duty choice for loading, unloading, moving and placing loads in rental applications and construction sites With their compact dimensions, they can be used with winch attachment as a crane and reach places large cranes cannot access. They provide excellent manoeuvrability on congested jobsites without compromising reach and lifting capabilities Attachments such as a man-platform, a jib or a winch will add job flexibility and improve efficiency As well as being the largest models in the Bobcat rigid frame telescopic handler range, the company’s T40140 14m and T40170 17m models are
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the most popular with contractors in the Middle East market. Like all Bobcat telescopic handlers, the T40140 and T40170 models use state-of-the-art technology providing optimum performance and manoeuvrability and a host of other advantages. The T40170 telehandler has the same maximum load of 4 tonne and a maximum lift height of 17.43 m. The capacity at maximum lift height on tyres is 1.25 tonne, while at maximum reach (13.73 m), the lift capacity is also 1.25 tonne. Unloaded, the T40170 weighs 11 tonne and provides a crowding force of 5000 daN. Both the T40140 and T40170 telehandlers have a selflevelling system, which on inclined surfaces, provides a tilt correction of +/- 4° to level the telehandlers for safe, optimum positioning of the load. The system functions with no loss of capacity and can be operated on both wheels and stabilisers, unlike traditional self-levelling systems. Using selflevelling in combination with the stabilisers can provide a total correction up to +/- 12°. A patented side shifting system offers a lateral shift of up to 850 mm at maximum height. The T40140 and T40170 models have two front stabilisers, which move independently, are fully adjustable, and can be contained within the overall width of the machines, an important advantage when travelling on public roads. With these specifications, the T40140 and T40170 models are especially suited to rough terrain applications in the building, civil engineering and industrial markets. With power provided by the 74.5 kW Perkins 1104D-44TA Turbo diesel engine, the hydrostatic transmission in the T40140 and T40170 telehandlers provides a 95% performance efficiency, providing high power coupled with low
“THIS MACHINE COMBINES THE REACH OF
A TRADITIONAL TELEHANDLER WITH THE MANOEUVRABILITY OF A MINI-WHEEL LOADER.”