Manitou or Bobcat Telehandlers

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Which is better a 4 Tonne Manitou or a 4 Tonne Bobcat? We are looking to buy a new telehandler and looking for other peoples opinions of each.

 

[ACEngineering]

Which is better a 4 Tonne Manitou or a 4 Tonne Bobcat? We are looking to buy a new telehandler and looking for other peoples opinions of each.

be safer bet with the manitou just because they are more popular but i suspect the Bobcat is a fair bit cheaper so go with what you like and can get best support locally.

 

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same price bobcat give a 5 year warranty

 

[fergie35]

same price bobcat give a 5 year warranty

I would anticipate in that case the Manitou will have a better residual value.

 

[Boysground]

I hope bobcat have improved. Had one years ago and it was a disaster think we have had 7 manitous since. Do run 2 though.

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[Pan mixer]

Manitou for me though the French like to make servicing difficult, the newer range are miles handier to grease and service though.

I have a 741 and a 627 but have had several others over the years

 

[ACEngineering]

Manitou for me though the French like to make servicing difficult, the newer range are miles handier to grease and service though.

I have a 741 and a 627 but have had several others over the years

There both French ? I think

 

[Pan mixer]

There both French ? I think

But the Manitou engineers are particularly fiendish

 

[Sparkplug]

Bobcat and Massey (same machine) sell very few handlers in the UK - so used equipment values for them are poor, but if your keeping it 10 or 15 years, and its 10 k cheaper to begin with, it may be worth a punt, but to be honest Manitou in its latest guise is the one. in my opinion.

 

[traineefarmer]

I've never read a good review of a Bobcat/Massey handler. Even FW where everything is BRILLIANT to keep the ad revenue was quite critical in a write up a while back.

Manitou have a huge following of loyal repeat customers.

BTW, I vote for a JCB.

 

[br jones]

,i have a massey 8925,and a friend has a 525 40 ,and i wouldnt swap

 

[BredRedHfd]

,i have a massey 8925,and a friend has a 525 40 ,and i wouldnt swap

Same here. Cracking little machine

 

[Chae1]

Getting a demo of 7m 4t bobcat soon.

 

[Nearly]

@TripleSix

 

[Sparkplug]

,i have a massey 8925,and a friend has a 525 40 ,and i wouldnt swap

No such model as 525-40 - if you mean 520-40 then that is not a genuine comparison to your MF - you need to be comparing it to a 6 mtr class JCB or Manitou

 

[br jones]

No such model as 525-40 - if you mean 520-40 then that is not a genuine comparison to your MF - you need to be comparing it to a 6 mtr class JCB or Manitou

My mistake must be a 50 ,?