Rare looking machine

[Lincs Lass]

Has @ACEngineering ever come across one
Came up on FB site
Manitou
MLB 625 EX laadgraaf
7500 uren
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€35,000 · VORDEN, GELDERLAND
Te koop Manitou mlb 625 baggerlader

 

[ACEngineering]

There rare, not many around and only built for a short time.

MLA 628 front boom, MLT 634/735 engine & drive train, back actor is off a new holland i think.

There was plans to build them with out back actor and a 150hp engine and 3 point linkage but it never happened.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Suppose they had their uses ,,as handy as a 3cx but with more reach .

 

[Yale]

Pretty sure I saw one locally a few years ago.....unless it was a dream.

 

[asm]

Murley at Evesham sold 3 to house hold recycling yards
They worked well for that job

 

[mo!]

Local farm had one from new, it's not going anywhere soon. They love it, loads lorrys and does all their ditching and building work.

 

[Landrover]

Had one on demo years ago, heavy thing if I remember

 

[ACEngineering]

Had one on demo years ago, heavy thing if I remember

Aren't all diggers?

 

[Will 1594]

There rare, not many around and only built for a short time.

MLA 628 front boom, MLT 634/735 engine & drive train, back actor is off a new holland i think.

There was plans to build them with out back actor and a 150hp engine and 3 point linkage but it never happened.

Got some pics of the prototype of that.
28 inch wheels
What more to like centre boom and 4 W steer best of both had 3 stage boom too

 

[Lincsman]

Aren't all diggers?

Yes they are all 8 ton, ish

Equal wheel NH digger really with engine moved, wonder how they connected engine to gearbox (TC)?

 

[ACEngineering]

Yes they are all 8 ton, ish

Equal wheel NH digger really with engine moved, wonder how they connected engine to gearbox (TC)?

The dreaded Manitou patented 90 deg gearbox Rattle rattle rattle

90 deg box bolts to the transmission which is under the cab, engine in one of the pods on the side driving 90 deg box via prop shaft.

 

[whatnow]

Think there was one at McLean, Shaftesbury six months ago. Don’t know if it’s still there

 

[Lincsman]

The dreaded Manitou patented 90 deg gearbox Rattle rattle rattle

90 deg box bolts to the transmission which is under the cab, engine in one of the pods on the side driving 90 deg box via prop shaft.

So engine is transverse?.. all radiators, intercoolers etc must be at the other side?

 

[ACEngineering]

So engine is transverse?.. all radiators, intercoolers etc must be at the other side?

yes engine cross ways and all the rads and hydraulic tank etc is the other side.

 

[ACEngineering]

long term parts availability for stuff that isn't used on normal models will start to be come an issue soon i would think. Manufactures only really need to make parts available for 10 years after production ends.

 

[Selectamatic]

JCB had a go at them years ago, but they never saw the light of day.

 

[Tommy]

JCB had a go at them years ago, but they never saw the light of day.

What was wrong with them? Or did they think they’d be no market for them?

 

[michael N123]

Pivot valmet loader with a digger on back

 

[ollie989898]

Rare beast above. I'm sure I saw a pivot steer Valtra on a buckrake at a show once, would be a weapon of a thing in reverse drive?

 

[nxy]

There rare, not many around and only built for a short time.

MLA 628 front boom, MLT 634/735 engine & drive train, back actor is off a new holland i think.

There was plans to build them with out back actor and a 150hp engine and 3 point linkage but it never happened.

I'll think you'll find they did build them with three point linkage though they might have never got out of france. It was called a Manitrac. It had a rear pto too.

The Merlo Multifarmer is similar and still listed on their site. Though the thought of doing draft work with a hydrostatic transmission frightens me.

Telescopic Tractor | Multifarmer | Merlo S.p.A.

Merlo Multifarmer Telescopic Tractor combines the operational capabilities of an agricultural tractor with the versatility of a telescopic handler.

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