Sambron J24S

[sibik]

Hello.... i just bought new machinery and i want to fix all part of them, but i dont know where to find some usermanual or somethink about this machine.
Do you know, where i can find it?

This one i have bought

 

[ACEngineering]

Hello.... i just bought new machinery and i want to fix all part of them, but i dont know where to find some usermanual or somethink about this machine.
Do you know, where i can find it?

This one i have bought

It's long obsolete your not going to find much parts for them.

 

[Roy_H]

Yes we are talking late 1970's, I remember we considered one when we were buying our first rough terrain forklift.

 

[sibik]

It's long obsolete your not going to find much parts for them.

Yes i know, i want to do some part myselfmand fix it “homěade”. But still trying to find some schema about electro or usermanual.

 

[TripleSix]

Yes i know, i want to do some part myselfmand fix it “homěade”. But still trying to find some schema about electro or usermanual.

Speak to your local Bobcat dealer.

They should have some Sambron parts lists available on the ESL stick.

A lot of Sambron part numbers are still good on the Bobcat system.

 

[Boysground]

Lots of love for the Sambron here. My dad bought our first one in the late 70s having seen one on a farm trip. His friends took the pee saying that something like that would be no good as it couldn’t pull like a tractor. Rear wheel steer and the trusty 3 cylinder air cooled deutz made it interesting. We did have one catch fire because of crud and dust around the engine. I think we had 3 Jac24s before a couple of FDI when they bought Sambron. Had a brief unsuccessful interlude with bobcat before we moved to manitou.

And guess what all dads friends ended up buying JCBs and manitous etc.

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[PSQ]

My Dad got on the telly (Landward, iirc) for being the first person in Scotland to buy a 'dedicated tele-handler': a Sambron J24, which was replaced by a J24T. You could almost make it dance, right on the point of balance so the back wheels were barely on the ground. Wiring was always a bit of an issue, and one of them had an appetite for drive shafts (tore the splined ends off several times). Great machines, ahead of their time. Always entertaining to get the harvest helps to check the coolant level...

 

[Boysground]

It’s so long ago I forgot about the T. First one we had was a mechanical shuttle, I think the last was an electric switch. A couple came from a dealer in Leeds, I can’t remember his name. He came all the way down here and dad bought the machine new. It was delivered and then it never saw a dealership again. It was so simple dad just got anyone local to fix it.

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[Partstech]

Fond memories of going to the local railway station to collect the urgent parts that had been sent red star by Sambron, when we were dealers in the mid 80's.As said before, they were a machine that was ahead of it's time.

 

[essexpete]

Like ACE has said I think parts could be a struggle. Brother and I rebuilt one in the late 80s and parts were not plentiful then.
Amazing little machine when together with a punchy engine. Hydraulic speed ( I guess without load control valves) was fast compared to some more modern machine and a brilliant quick release system.

 

[MF-ANDY]

J24 had a hatz two cylinder engine. J24s had a three cylinder deutz and J24t had a 4 cylinder Perkins iirc.

 

[Campbell]

I have one as yard shunter / lifter, great little Deutz engine. I got a manual from an ebay seller. Type in Sambron Jacklifts.

 

[Yorkshire lad]

We had a few J24s they were years ahead of their time . First wirh hydro trans also being able to change atachments whilst sat in the seat
It was let down by being under powered also its weight the panels were made from 4mm chequer plate
The dealer in Leeds was Northern Handlers run by 2 Dons Rudkin and Haddersley
We had a J24s operators manual ill seee if we still have it

 

[Yellow Trousers]

We had a few J24s they were years ahead of their time . First wirh hydro trans also being able to change atachments whilst sat in the seat
It was let down by being under powered also its weight the panels were made from 4mm chequer plate
The dealer in Leeds was Northern Handlers run by 2 Dons Rudkin and Haddersley
We had a J24s operators manual ill seee if we still have it

Blimey, if you do still have it, I'd be very interested in buying it from you

 

[ken_france]

I've had an ex-military J24T sitting in a yard in France for years. I brought it back to the UK last week to hopefully get it back up and running. I'd be interested to swap tales of woe with anyone else who has one.

Spares seem a bit of a mixed bag. Sambron-manufactured items (all the chassis and body components) are impossible to find but can be easily fabricated. Engine spares are easy, perkins A4236s are everywhere. Hydraulic flexis and rams can be made up or refurbed locally. Electrics seem to be a mishmash of Jaeger, Valeo, Renault Trucks but seem to be available with a bit of searching. The main problem I'm having just now is finding replacement hydraulic solenoid valves and limit switches which I think are discontinued EDI and Telemechanique units. Hey-ho, more searching required.

 

[Yellow Trousers]

Mine still keeps going…just. I’ve spent too
much time on it already to warrant anything major doing to it. There’s a chap just south of Northampton who relishes the challenge though. He will get mine when it eventually dies

 

[Combineman]

We had two J24s , the first in 1977 ( Deutz engine) - brilliant bit of kit used it for everything - we had trouble with the transmission loosing its oil but it revolutionalised bale handling , snow clearing . sh!t loading , woodwork etc - ahead of its time really