Telehandlers Vs Loading Shovels

[stablegirl]

Loadalls are expensive to maintain and 5/6000 hours and the are often well aged.

Loading shovels are well used in quarry, industries and on very large dairys? Often with huge hours on them!

As such, are they cheaper to run?

Why do we all use telehandlers? Versatility?

 

[Chae1]

Price i think. @Fraserb runs one, but they are on a huge scale.

Lack of reach would be another factor. Would miss 7m boom.

 

[Fraserb]

As @Chae1 says there's 4 telehandlers and a loading shovel here. Telehandlers run to 10-11000 hrs usually, shovel has 27000 hrs. The shovel is a volvo l70c and has cost very little in repairs but is a lot more money to buy. They are different machines for different jobs though, big grain bucket is pretty much never off the shovel loading feed wagon and such, telehandlers do all the other jobs.

 

[Blue.]

Need a telehandler to cut my silage out as loading shovel can’t reach high enough.

Tele wins on ease of access 1 step and your in the cab.

Shovel will be cheaper in the long run.

 

[manfromhill]

Place I know went to a loading shovel but a good deal heavier and started to crack all his concrete

 

[The Agrarian]

Why is a loading shovel cheaper to run?

 

[dinderleat]

Why is a loading shovel cheaper to run?

It’s not but it’s bigger than your neighbours handler.

 

[Fraserb]

Why is a loading shovel cheaper to run?

Volvo has probably had less spent on it in 18 years and 27000 hrs than the forklifts get in 18 months.

 

[Hard Graft]

Why is a loading shovel cheaper to run?

they are built heavier with quarrys etc in mind. with less moving parts and the boom pivots are closer to the edge of the buckets, as well the engine and transmission is in the center not off to the side like a telehandler

 

[The Agrarian]

I see your point. Apart from making sure the handler is specked appropriately for the loads it will be lifting, I don't really see how there's be that much difference. Most of it can be kept right with regular grease.

Have a builder in the yard at moment. He's a little bit farmer style. Had a close look at his 13m handler the other day and there is absolutely no sign of grease around any of the pins. Not even hard dried up grease.

 

[HarryB97]

A handler has more reach, more steering moads, more versatile, more manoeuvable, can be used for towing, easier to jump in and out of and lighter to name a few things! Wont beat a loading shovel in large open spaces doing simple and repetitive tasks like loading grain and stone.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Shovels are just engineered to the max. Well, the good ones are. Posher ones all run autogrease systems as far as they can. Specific sensors for temperatures of transmission, hydraulic and axle oils. In cab display can calculate cycle times, fuel use and all sorts plus acts as an immobiliser. The in cab layout and controls on the Volvos I've sat in all carefully laid out and to top it off they usually run a monster engine that does the business all day at about 1100rpm or something. Very quiet and just workmanlike. Telehandler can try its hand at more stuff but for plain lift and shift there is a reason shovels are so common.

 

[deleted user 837354]

I see your point. Apart from making sure the handler is specked appropriately for the loads it will be lifting, I don't really see how there's be that much difference. Most of it can be kept right with regular grease.

Have a builder in the yard at moment. He's a little bit farmer style. Had a close look at his 13m handler the other day and there is absolutely no sign of grease around any of the pins. Not even hard dried up grease.

I cant stare at a machine like that, God knows what a 13 handler costs knowing its not had basic TLC done to it. Makes me cringe.