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January 2017
HAWKE’S BAY FARMING LIFESTYLES
More than an extra pair of hands
by Andy Bryenton
When there’s plenty to move around the farm — from sacks of fert to bales of feed and more — it’s easy to wish for another pair of hands. Or, in the case of Merlo’s Turbofarmer telehandler, one extremely large, hydraulic powered hand that can do it all. Merlo has been in the business of shifting heavy agricultural loads since the early 1980s — when the rest of us were still listening to new wave — the engineers from Piedmont, Italy were designing a whole new way to transport pallets, scoops and bales of just about anything. Having already designed go-anywhere concrete mixers
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and tracked vehicles, Merlo SpA bosses conceived of a combination tractor, forklift and telescopic-boom crane. Calling it the SM30, Merlo debuted their new machine to huge enthusiasm. Today, with the benefit of three more decades of tuning and improvements, the top agricultural telehandler in the business just might be the big, capable Merlo TF42.7CS-156. Call it the top-tier Turbofarmer for short, but don’t call it underpowered — under the hood the Italians have teamed up with ag engineering giant Deutz-Fahr to pack in a 156-horsepower four-litre diesel. This German-made mill complies with rigorous emissions standards, but still churns out a phenomenal amount of torque to get all those jobs done — 609 Newton-metres at a mere 1,600rpm. With a traditional side-cab design offering extreme visibility, and intuitive controls to manage the varied optional
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boom-end tools available, this telehandler makes short work of major lifting and carrying. Its small turning radius enables ease of access to sheds and barns, and that extending boom gives it a long reach beyond that of tractor-mounted handling systems. For the big farm, where there’s always plenty to stow, transport and deploy, this extra
pair of hands actually does the job of several other men and machines. If you need to transport up to 4,200 kilos at a time, or reach above seven metres and out three, then there’s no substitute for a heavy duty telehandler, and it makes sense to take a close look at the latest offering from the company who started the revolution in the first place.
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