New additions to JCB’s range of telescopic handlers will be showcased at Lamma 2015, emphasising the span of performance levels and applications catered for by the company.
“These new telescopic handlers illustrate the breadth of the Loadall range, with different machine size and performance combinations to suit every application on farms large and small,” JCB Agriculture’s sales and marketing manager, Edward Roach, said. “There’s a Loadall to suit all applications, whether handling feed, fertiliser, hay, straw, silage and grain – anything, in fact, that needs to be picked up, moved, placed or loaded on the farm.”
The new 516-40 Agri is the smallest JCB telescopic handler with 1,600kg lift capacity and 4m lift height. Its unique offset single-spine chassis and hydraulic wheel motor propulsion gives it the size and agility of a skid-steer loader – it measures only 1.56m wide and 1.8m high.
Significant upgrades in performance and usability come from improved hydrostatic drive and hydraulic services, and a new engine – a 2.2-litre JCB Diesel by Kohler developing 51hp.
The new Loadall 525-60 Agri will replace the 524-50 and 527-55 rear-engine machines with a thoroughly modern side-engine layout and a low boom pivot for exceptional rear three-quarters visibility.
It measures just 1.95m to the top of its cab and is only 1.8m wide, so the 525-60 will slot into the smallest of buildings and work with ease around traditional and modern farmyards. But it still has maximum lift capacity of 2,500kg and maximum lift height of 6m.
Two-stage hydrostatic transmission provides working and travel speed ranges up to 30km/hr, while the Varispeed option allows a fixed forward speed be set regardless of engine revs – ideal for operating hydraulically-driven attachments like a rotary yard brush or auger feeding bucket. The 525-60’s 2.5-litre JCB Diesel by Kohler four-cylinder engine develops 74hp.
The 6,000kg payload of the Loadall 560-80 Agri (pictured top) caters for large farms and commercial bulk storage enterprises. The Z-bar linkage converts hydraulic power into high break-out force for fast bucket filling, while providing excellent dump angle for rapid load discharge.
Plenty of motive power is provided by a 145hp JCB Ecomax Stage IIIB engine, and the newcomer has the option of a five cubic metre bucket from JCB’s comprehensive Agri attachments range.
For more information visit: www.jcb.com.
