Merlo Telehandler

[ACEngineering]

I find the getting hold of a lower door hard to believe given it’s a standard part on nearly all machines from 2004 until 2014. Funnily enough I looked at a boom card last week and no stock but waiting for an eta now. But this situation isn’t a merlo problem it’s global and have heard JCB are no different

100% global problem for everyone.

 

[v8willy]

there is still a back log of supply of chips and things that make up ECU and stuff and has been affecting everything especially cars and vans etc.

if there is no stock then its unlikely they will get one quickly IMO

Friend works in computers & says they are having problems getting new ones due to lack of the material used to make chips......no not potatoes.

 

[D14]

After a couple years of pondering we are seriously thinking about getting a telehandler.

Spotted a Merlo P8.7KT that looks like it would fit the bill.

Its a 2004 machine with about 4500hrs on it. If I go to have a look at it are there any particular things on it that I should look out for, or check that it has had done etc, or is it even a model to avoid.
When a student the farm I worked on had a Merlo for a demo and I rather liked it, so this one caught my eye.

Any advice, opinions etc gratefully received.

Cheers.

Probably the best tele handler to drive bar none. They can be a bit unreliable but its mainly just niggly things rather than serious stuff. And it won't effect you but they depreciate like a stone if buying new.

 

[Lakesdigger]

Friend works in computers & says they are having problems getting new ones due to lack of the material used to make chips......no not potatoes.

A mate of mine who works in computers told me the issue with the supply of chips is lack of silicon used to make them. They are using the same silicon as part of the vials for the covid vaccine so i guess the highest bidder is getting the silicon.

 

[Mandingo]

18 month old P27 bought new, construction spec but very little difference to Ag spec, we use it in a yard so wanted industrial tires, small and manoeuvrable, was happy when it arrived, now wish it hadn't. Currently waiting for a call out as joystick unlock is no longer working so again can't be used. 130 hours from new, over 120 with warning lights, unfixed leaks and stop symbols. So far has worked out as costing us £10 per hour since it turned 12 months old, even though we reported issues under 12 months old they weren't diagnosed so aren't warranty covered. It's going once this repair is completed.
I hate the Merlo brand now and wish I had stuck to JCB,
Don't buy one, get something with a decent warranty, I should have realised why it was only 12 month warranty, because it is pure rubbish.
JCB 526 has done more hours filling in for it than the Merlo has worked.

 

[asm]

18 month old P27 bought new, construction spec but very little difference to Ag spec, we use it in a yard so wanted industrial tires, small and manoeuvrable, was happy when it arrived, now wish it hadn't. Currently waiting for a call out as joystick unlock is no longer working so again can't be used. 130 hours from new, over 120 with warning lights, unfixed leaks and stop symbols. So far has worked out as costing us £10 per hour since it turned 12 months old, even though we reported issues under 12 months old they weren't diagnosed so aren't warranty covered. It's going once this repair is completed.
I hate the Merlo brand now and wish I had stuck to JCB,
Don't buy one, get something with a decent warranty, I should have realised why it was only 12 month warranty, because it is pure rubbish.
JCB 526 has done more hours filling in for it than the Merlo has worked.

May I ask why you put up with warning lights on for 120 hours ?.

 

[Orionn4444]

18 month old P27 bought new, construction spec but very little difference to Ag spec, we use it in a yard so wanted industrial tires, small and manoeuvrable, was happy when it arrived, now wish it hadn't. Currently waiting for a call out as joystick unlock is no longer working so again can't be used. 130 hours from new, over 120 with warning lights, unfixed leaks and stop symbols. So far has worked out as costing us £10 per hour since it turned 12 months old, even though we reported issues under 12 months old they weren't diagnosed so aren't warranty covered. It's going once this repair is completed.
I hate the Merlo brand now and wish I had stuck to JCB,
Don't buy one, get something with a decent warranty, I should have realised why it was only 12 month warranty, because it is pure rubbish.
JCB 526 has done more hours filling in for it than the Merlo has worked.

I've a new TF42.7 200 hours on it so far and been brilliant, speak to your dealer if your not happy and running about with warning lights on for 120 hours does sound like it should have been in a workshop as opposed to running around

 

[killie_cowboy]

My uncle has had many a merlo, electronics a disaster compared with the likes of JCB. Seems to be an Italian thing.

 

[Mandingo]

May I ask why you put up with warning lights on for 120 hours ?.

We had little option, it had many visits, Merlo were still limited working due to COVID so were of little help to the dealer and what else could we do, a JCB was 8 months wait time, the Kramer was no longer available after we said no, Manitou were around 12 months. Any complaints were met with there is a pandemic on, it was stick with it or try and hand back and have nothing....

 

[Runs Like a Deere]

We had little option, it had many visits, Merlo were still limited working due to COVID so were of little help to the dealer and what else could we do, a JCB was 8 months wait time, the Kramer was no longer available after we said no, Manitou were around 12 months. Any complaints were met with there is a pandemic on, it was stick with it or try and hand back and have nothing....

Full sympathy for you, our dealer was unable to resolve the issues we had with our second one too and that was without having covid as an added complication.

We have a Bobcat 3060 and its like night and day in terms of reliability and service from the the dealer.

 

[ollie989898]

A mate of mine who works in computers told me the issue with the supply of chips is lack of silicon used to make them. They are using the same silicon as part of the vials for the covid vaccine so i guess the highest bidder is getting the silicon.

That sounds about right. They can only make the actual wafers (starts life as a big disc of crystalline silicon) at a set rate, and each one can only yield a certain number of functional chips. The more complex and bigger the chips are, the less usable yield you will get out of the wafer. Since it isn't cheap to scale up the wafer making process, the price goes up in the face of big demands and whoever pays the top whack gets their chips etched first. With people paying $500 and above for a CPU for a computer compared to the cheap as possible please CPUs in cards, watches and everything else, it's no wonder the world supply has backed up.

 

[Salopian_Will]

I would change the lower king pin cups unless your sure they were recently done. Otherwise a good machine that’s very nice to operate. Put it in low and they will really push !

And stick some grease nipples in them while you are at it.

 

[chickens and wheat]

merlo2014 onward will/should have grease nipples from factory

 

[frankvannes01]

Where can i get a hydraulic seal AS 45989-3 fir the bucket tilt