What about this little gem.. ~7500 lbs will pick up almost 5000 lbs but rated for safe movement at 2500 or so The visibility has got to be great on these things! $45,000 ball park price. And they don't tear up the ground!! Last I checked, a new Cat skid steer is ~$55,000?? Or have the prices changed?
Yes and yes.... My Clark fork lift is rated for 10K, and most telelhandlers are in the 8k range. That is a good looking unit, Gehl makes good stuff, there V400 skid-steer is a high lifting beast! Also look at Mustangs.... great quality, and good prices. Cat Skid steers are easily over $55k new heck a Cat 299C is pushing $100K... fully loaded
Check out mijdirtyjeep he has a thread titled Hello, has a very nice Wacker Neuson endloader for sale
What got me thinkin on this was a good friend of mine got this clean unit in their dealership and sent me the link... This may be what you need! http://www.dbequip.com/equipment/info.php?id=1632 I want it, but it's just a tad bit bigger than what I can park inside...
I bet their great. Look to have great visibility which is an issue with a tractor with a loader. I couldn't justify dropping that much cash in a loader only machine. Got those pesky splinned shafts to spin.
I've been around diesels of all kinds my entire life and that's a loaded statement about fuel consumption..lol.. It's gone right up the stack in terms of reliability..
The V-4000 ? Gehl SS has a 4000# rated operating cap. That's 50% of the tipping load. It's a beast but will only reach 12' high.
I could see that. Normally a wheel loader is operated with a "gas pedal" so lot's of low rpm operation. Most small to mid size SS's, you set the throttle to just about wide open for the pumps to supply all the hyd. "juice" you need, right now! Some of the "big frame" have a pedal. The HP of comprable wheel loaders is generally less than a SS, also making a fuel difference. The tires, oh heck yeah with SKID steering.
I just wish Gehl would tracks on that V400.... I gotta give the beast award to the Cat 297c, 10k tipping load (per cat specs) 94 he and tracks... If it only had the 12 ft lift height like the Gehl V400. In all honesty, I'll be buying a telehandler before a wheel loader, or a multi terrain loader (skid-steer with tracks)... I not only need 8k lift, but also 24-30 ft reach for setting trusses. Here is a great resource for equipment specs... they don't have every model of every brand... but close. http://www.ritchiespecs.com/
I love/hate telehandler's, love their reach and cap. but as you know, any decent sized machine put's you into (at least) a 20 ton trailer and a serious dump truck….. or a $200 move charge. I work with some boy's a few days a week, (just to keep the rust off my hammer and the bag soft) and that's there problem. On smaller jobs, they don't want to pay to have the machine moved. It's a beautiful Cat, 8K at least and with the "truss boom", almost as good as a crane. My observation is that unless you' have pretty big operation, a smaller JCB, Bobcat, etc. tele. that YOU can move with a GN trlr & a 450-550 would be better utilitized than a bigger machine. Hire a crane for the trusses on the tall ones.
I feel the same way, right now I don't need or want an 18wheeler, and with my 3500 and gooseneck I can't haul the 8k lifts. I can't get it through my dad/partners head that the majority or our buildings do not need 30 lift, and the ones that do need it are big buildings that we go to our bigger sub-contract crews that have there own lifts. Heck I can buy a nice off road crane for less then a bigger telehandler, and I can drive it to the job site!
