Sanderson SB55 TC
- Thread starter fiddler
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- North of York
To the top?
To the bottom of the forks. I’m guessing it’s about 4.5m?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Ours is a triple mast version and can still load and tip grain bucket into the highest bulker so about 16 feet, maybe slightly more.
solo
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- Location
- worcestershire
Used to have a SB45TC many moons ago. With a flat 8 grab it would load articulated trailers (4’ bed off the ground )with 8 courses level or 9 with the mast crowded right back. It would be about 16’. Loading bulkers was never an issue with regards lift height. Brakes were a nightmare, as the front axle was the oil tank and the seals would go and let the oil onto the brake shoes. It was the only machine on the farm that ran with virtually no brakes most of the time. I was very glad to see it go.
Was yours also a triple mast?
76masseyman
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- Lincolncestershire
Had an SB 60 TC with the triplex, clear view mast. The mast was no higher than the cab when down. Used to stack 1 tonne spud boxes 5 high by lifting the fifth one to the top on its own.
SB 65, duplex mast, 12' from ground to bottom of pallet tines.
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SB 65, duplex mast, 12' from ground to bottom of pallet tines.
Thanks for this. Looks like it’s only 12ft then.
solo
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- Location
- worcestershire
Duplex mast from memory.
- Location
- Oxon
SB 65, duplex mast, 12' from ground to bottom of pallet tines.
I'm thinking a sb55 with standard duplex mast will be 3.55m lift height?
And a much smaller sb45 could be 3.45m with duplex?
Could be wrong
Could be, I assumed the masts were the same across the range.I'm thinking a sb55 with standard duplex mast will be 3.55m lift height?
And a much smaller sb45 could be 3.45m with duplex?
Could be wrong
- Location
- Oxon
i doubt it, An SB45 for example is only based on a ford 3000 skid unit!
76masseyman
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- Location
- Lincolncestershire
Some models were built to the customers specific requests for lift height.
An early SB45 we had had a duplex mast that we could get under most buildings quite comfortably. But I saw an identical 45 at the Croft factory with a duplex mast that stood a good six foot higher than the cab.
An early SB45 we had had a duplex mast that we could get under most buildings quite comfortably. But I saw an identical 45 at the Croft factory with a duplex mast that stood a good six foot higher than the cab.
I’ve come to the conclusion there must be three or four different sizes.