JCB has debuted its latest innovation to UK farmers with the launch of the world’s first skid-steer and compact track loader with a telescopic boom.
The JCB Teleskid is a revolutionary new product that can reach eight per cent higher and 60 per cent further forward than any skid-steer on the market.
The unique telescopic boom gives the Teleskid a lift height of 4.00m, enabling it to easily clear high-sided manure spreaders, trailers and feed mixers, and to double stack – and retrieve – hay, silage and straw bales. The unique forward reach – 2.25m ahead of the front wheels – means the Teleskid can comfortably lift bales over gates and barriers and place them into ring feeders.
And in an industry first, the Teleskid is the only skid steer in the world that can dig below its chassis to an unparalleled depth of about 1.00m, adding further workload versatility to a machine that can turn within its own length and operate in and around small farm buildings where access is denied to larger materials handling machines.
The wheeled version of the Teleskid launched at the Grassland & Muck Event will be offered in Europe, while in North America both wheeled and tracked versions will be available.
JCB’s chief innovation and growth officer, Tim Burnhope, said that through innovation the machine would surpass the expectations of customers as the world’s first skid-steer and compact track loader with a telescopic boom.
“The JCB Teleskid can reach further forward and lift higher and dig deeper than any other skid steer,” he added. “The JCB Teleskid can do the work of four machines – a telescopic handler, masted forklift, compact loader and a skid-steer, all in one easily-serviced machine.”
JCB pioneered telescopic technology with the launch of the Loadall nearly 40 years ago and today it’s the biggest selling telescopic handler in the world. Nearly 25 years ago JCB also introduced another innovation: the industry’s first single-arm – or Powerboom – skid-steer, taking safety to new levels.
Now the company has taken its drive for innovative product solutions a stage further by combining both technologies into one to produce the JCB Teleskid: a skid-steer and track loader complete with a telescopic boom.
The JCB Teleskid will be on the only skid-steer on the market that is able to combine vertical and radial lift capability. A unique bucket-positioning levelling system allows the bucket level to be set and maintained throughout the boom’s range of movement.
The JCB Teleskid will feature a fully enclosed cab that is 33 per cent larger than industry average, and JCB’s myCHOICE software, allowing control responsiveness and joystick sensitivity to be tailored to suit operator preferences.
A 74hp JCB Ecomax engine will provide high torque at a low RPM and ensure compliance with Stage IV emissions standards.
For more information visit: www.jcb.com.
