Pivot steer telehandler

[ridger]

What's reliable and easy started, it's just to use to feed with in the summer so that the loader tractor isn't tied up and can go to other jobs easier. I know old matbro teleram 3 are old but would they still do a turn or better going never and paying finance on a jcb 310 or similar

 

[ridger]

What's reliable and easy started, it's just to use to feed with in the summer so that the loader tractor isn't tied up and can go to other jobs easier. I know old matbro teleram 3 are old but would they still do a turn or better going never and paying finance on a jcb 310 or similar

Other option is another loader tractor I suppose

 

[Sharpy]

Had a manitou mla 627 here, bought with 4400 hrs on it, tough and reliable, started beautifully once it got a high speed starter. Sold to my cousin with 14000 hrs on it, still working away. Replaced with an mla 628, bought with 6500 hrs, has broke shaft in pump, working fine on 9500 hrs.

 

[ridger]

Had a manitou mla 627 here, bought with 4400 hrs on it, tough and reliable, started beautifully once it got a high speed starter. Sold to my cousin with 14000 hrs on it, still working away. Replaced with an mla 628, bought with 6500 hrs, has broke shaft in pump, working fine on 9500 hrs.

Il Look them up

 

[Drillman]

Matbro TR250

still quite a few about at reasonable money and parts seem to be cheap and easy to come by.

 

[Bucks Boy]

Had Matbro TR 250. Now got Manitou MLA 628 Series 1. Prefer Manitou. Probably hard to find a good one.

 

[40 series]

I think I would tend to go another tractor and loader

 

[rusty]

Got a TM 270 here yr 2000 still going ok on an off lying farm. Loads fertiliser in summer and straights into the mixer wagon once a week in winter. On about 12,000 hrs now, owned from new but been a back up machine for last 13 years.

 

[Wellytrack]

Why a pivot?

 

[ridger]

Why a pivot?

Handy fir putting potato boxes on a trailer and hate not being able to see out of the other ones

 

[ACEngineering]

What's reliable and easy started, it's just to use to feed with in the summer so that the loader tractor isn't tied up and can go to other jobs easier. I know old matbro teleram 3 are old but would they still do a turn or better going never and paying finance on a jcb 310 or similar

dont spend money on really obsolete stuff, teleram 3 is too old now, one critical thing on it that is obsolete is the brake slave cylinders and they are specials. If you want a Matbro then go for a TR250 powershift or 110.

 

[Wellytrack]

Handy fir putting potato boxes on a trailer and hate not being able to see out of the other ones

They are handy for some fine tuning but you get used to the blind side.

 

[Drillman]

They are handy for some fine tuning but you get used to the blind side.

Pivot loaders are crap on pallet fork Work as boom gets in the way

 

[boasley]

I used a Teleram 40 (30 yrs old) for everything until about 4 years ago. Slow, noisy but totally reliable and simple to fix. Now got a Manitou MLA 628 which is in a different league but complicated. Don"t miss the Matbro but it cost 5 grand, 3,000 hours later I sold it for 5 grand and it always did the job... think it went for launching lifeboats on the Isle of Wight!

 

[40 series]

The pivot I always found great for the veg work. Matbro 200 and 250 110 and a 300 redrock. Never remember ever getting any of them stuck. But a tractor and front loader is a bit more versatile

 

[Abacus]

If you don't need to lift high go for a jcb 412 with the cab behind the pivot

 

[Wellytrack]

Pivot loaders are crap on pallet fork Work as boom gets in the way

More forgiving with just a turn of the steering at height though.
Certainly still have their fans. To be fair the later JD handler was good.

 

[Drillman]

More forgiving with just a turn of the steering at height though.
Certainly still have their fans. To be fair the later JD handler was good.

Oh I know the pros and cons as have a foot in both camps so to speak.

both have there place and get used accordingly.

 

[ridger]

Pivot loaders are crap on pallet fork Work as boom gets in the way

The bonnet of my loader tractor gets in the way too though

 

[Dman2]

You need one of these