Manitou MB25

[fiddler]

I’m looking for a rough terrain and have seen a few MB25s for sale over the past few months. Does anyone know what these can lift?

 

[hesston]

2.5 ton?

 

[Lincs Lass]

25 suggests 2.5tn ,,we had a masted manitou,,dont know what model it was but it had triplex mast with a tipping carriage and the sliding weight and at 2 tn ,it was abit light on the back end

 

[fiddler]

I looked at a newer Manitou forklift and it had two lift capacities depending on which set of lift chains you used. Are MB25s 2.5 tonne at full height?

 

[Extreme Optimist]

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[bravheart]

I looked at a newer Manitou forklift and it had two lift capacities depending on which set of lift chains you used. Are MB25s 2.5 tonne at full height?

Think the chains were moved to a different location and then you could lift (4?)tonne but only to the top of the mast, the mast wouldn't extend
That was a mb25p with a triplex free lift mast

 

[br jones]

Had an earlier model a m26c ,had it for 12 years never failed to start ,fab bit of kit ,just got old and wobbly

 

[fiddler]

Think the chains were moved to a different location and then you could lift (4?)tonne but only to the top of the mast, the mast wouldn't extend
That was a mb25p with a triplex free lift mast

Can anyone confirm this?

 

[Sparkplug]

The original Manious in the mid 70's were the same chassis with 2, 2.50, and 3 ton capacity , only counterweights were different although 2 ton had a 40 mm thick carriage but 25 & 30 had a 50 mm thick carriage, the Construction spec had a duplex or Triplex Mast (no freelift until 1978) so the mast worked as a Duplex to 3.60 metre lifting full capacity, or when the chains were changed over it worked as a Triplex to 5.40 mtrs, (there was a 6.75 mtr Triplex as well) which on a 2.50 ton lifted 1,500 kgs to full height, with the 2 and 3 ton lifting slightly less or more. The problem in those days was when you fitted a Tipping Backplate for Quick Hitch Bucket etc, this put the load centre out further reducing the capacity more, so loading grain at height on Triplex meant 50 cu ft GB was the best you could manage. The same mast was updated in 1981 with the MB26J (now twin ram clear view mast) then 26C and various 21, 26, & 30 variations. The Free lift mast is another story. Your MB25P or 26PC plus 4 wd versions had the sliding counterweight and saw the first Free Lift Triplex Mast (4.55m and then 5.40m lift height) no chains to change. A Roller Type Mast was introduced In around 1997/8 as an option with a valve on the side of the mast which derated the mast at 4.00 mtr to a lower capacity for the last 1.50 mtr, where as all the masts from the 70's had been Phosphor Bronze Wear Strip Masts.

 

[Sparkplug]

All lift capacitys are at 50cm load centres, so if your load is deeper than 1.00 metre, the capacity drops away quickly.

 

[Freddo]

The original Manious in the mid 70's were the same chassis with 2, 2.50, and 3 ton capacity , only counterweights were different although 2 ton had a 40 mm thick carriage but 25 & 30 had a 50 mm thick carriage, the Construction spec had a duplex or Triplex Mast (no freelift until 1978) so the mast worked as a Duplex to 3.60 metre lifting full capacity, or when the chains were changed over it worked as a Triplex to 5.40 mtrs, (there was a 6.75 mtr Triplex as well) which on a 2.50 ton lifted 1,500 kgs to full height, with the 2 and 3 ton lifting slightly less or more. The problem in those days was when you fitted a Tipping Backplate for Quick Hitch Bucket etc, this put the load centre out further reducing the capacity more, so loading grain at height on Triplex meant 50 cu ft GB was the best you could manage. The same mast was updated in 1981 with the MB26J (now twin ram clear view mast) then 26C and various 21, 26, & 30 variations. The Free lift mast is another story. Your MB25P or 26PC plus 4 wd versions had the sliding counterweight and saw the first Free Lift Triplex Mast (4.55m and then 5.40m lift height) no chains to change. A Roller Type Mast was introduced In around 1997/8 as an option with a valve on the side of the mast which derated the mast at 4.00 mtr to a lower capacity for the last 1.50 mtr, where as all the masts from the 70's had been Phosphor Bronze Wear Strip Masts.

Hi spark plug trying to identerfy type of engine my MB 25C S/No 3343 has 1970s model brass strip mast is it a Perkins 438 were do i get parts for engine & machine regards Steve

 

[Sparkplug]

Hi

Your engine is the IH BD154, originally made at the Bradford IH factory until it closed in around 1982, after that parts came from India in crates marked Mahindra & Mahindra - a large Indian manufacturer so maybe they bought the tooling off IH or maybe they were already producing that engine for applications in that part of the world. Whilst I am not a tractor specialist, I think the IH tractors like B275, 414, and others shared the same engine so supplies are available through the after market suppliers. You could try Repair & Maintenance Ltd in the Midlands who the original owner John Sambrook had a very good knowledge of IH through that period or he may have sold the business on - 01922 410777
Your engine serial no. is stamped into the block on the nearside (on a forklift) - your machine serial no is short of a digit - it should be 5 numbers long at that era - as an example 1976 production nos started at 28346 and finished at 36480