What’s it worth? Manitou rough terrain masted forklift.

[Pig man Rob]

E registered (1987 I think?) 5800 hours. I’ve owned it since about 1995 and am second owner.

Perkins engine had a fairly major rebuild a few years ago. It was frontline for a lot of years, I got a used telehandler about four years ago and kept this as a backup, and don’t think it will have done 20 hours since then.

2500kg capacity.

Headstock with grain bucket and muck fork.

 

[Rowland]

£2500 ? maybe a bit more looks quite tidy. Used to have one years ago very hand in grain shed , not for heaping up but wasnt to bad at it but very nimble machines .

 

[Rowland]

£2500 ? maybe a bit more looks quite tidy. Used to have one years ago very hand in grain shed , not for heaping up but wasnt to bad at it but very nimble machines .

more with grain bucket and fork

 

[8100]

They seemed popular with the potato men around here at one time .Looks tidy enough so 2 to 3 grand i would think.

 

[Pig man Rob]

£2500 ? maybe a bit more looks quite tidy. Used to have one years ago very hand in grain shed , not for heaping up but wasnt to bad at it but very nimble machines .

Like you say they are useful in a tight space.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Same as the one my boss had, is it gears or torque converter, ours was gears and the clutch went three times,, didn't do it any favours pushing sugar beet up

 

[Two Tone]

What model is it?
Is it a MB25P
Perkins 4.236 mounted to an IH444 skid unit?

Good machines in their day, but would eat a clutch each year. Much cheaper to buy the clutch plate form IH than Manitou, but you needed to skim the flywheel every time and you could only do that 3 time before it needed replacing.

To get the engine to fit the skid unit, it used a very big and heavy flywheel.

We could change a clutch plate in a a day if we could get the flywheel skimmed locally.

The sliding counter weight above the engine did help with traction in difficult conditions, but obviously not as good a 4wd. The IH shuttle gearbox was much better than the Ford versioned MB25PF.

The only other thing to worry about was the free lift mast chains, which would stretch, allowing the ram to overextend, pop out the top and cause the whole mast to suddenly collapse.

But on the whole they were a really good machine that probably saw massive surge in self propelled forklifts becoming popular on UK farms.

 

[Pig man Rob]

Same as the one my boss had, is it gears or torque converter, ours was gears and the clutch went three times,, didn't do it any favours pushing sugar beet up

Four gears, but operates like a hydrostatic.

 

[Pig man Rob]

What model is it?
Is it a MB25P
Perkins 4.236 mounted to an IH444 skid unit?

Good machines in their day, but would eat a clutch each year. Much cheaper to buy the clutch plate form IH than Manitou, but you needed to skim the flywheel every time and you could only do that 3 time before it needed replacing.

To get the engine to fit the skid unit, it used a very big and heavy flywheel.

We could change a clutch plate in a a day if we could get the flywheel skimmed locally.

The sliding counter weight above the engine did help with traction in difficult conditions, but obviously not as good a 4wd. The IH shuttle gearbox was much better than the Ford versioned MB25PF.

The only other thing to worry about was the free lift mast chains, which would stretch, allowing the ram to overextend, pop out the top and cause the whole mast to suddenly collapse.

But on the whole they were a really good machine that probably saw massive surge in self propelled forklifts becoming popular on UK farms.

It’s a MB26NP, it doesn’t have the sliding weight, the one we had before it had that.

 

[Two Tone]

Four gears, but operates like a hydrostatic.

If it is a toque converter version, then probably worth a lot more than the clutched version.
Do you need to press the clutch pedal to change direction?

I Don’t think it would be a hydrostatic.

 

[7610 super q]

Used to trade for £1500 at one time. Ocking useless once off concrete. Probably better than a telehandler for loading grain, if equipped with a toe tip bucket.

 

[Pig man Rob]

If it is a toque converter version, then probably worth a lot more than the clutched version.
Do you need to press the clutch pedal to change direction?

I Don’t think it would be a hydrostatic.

No, bring her to a stop on brake, then shuttle up near steering wheel.

 

[Two Tone]

No, bring her to a stop on brake, then shuttle up near steering wheel.

Gotta be a torque converter then. That makes it a much better machine and worth more money.

 

[Rowland]

Used to trade for £1500 at one time. Ocking useless once off concrete. Probably better than a telehandler for loading grain, if equipped with a toe tip bucket.

They weren’t that bad off concrete we used muck out load spreaders bales etc weren’t great but better than 2wd 60 hp loader tractor with bald tyres

 

[Extreme Optimist]

Recently sold a very tidy one with a Ford engine for £3k

 

[Sparkplug]

E registered (1987 I think?) 5800 hours. I’ve owned it since about 1995 and am second owner.

Perkins engine had a fairly major rebuild a few years ago. It was frontline for a lot of years, I got a used telehandler about four years ago and kept this as a backup, and don’t think it will have done 20 hours since then.

2500kg capacity.

Headstock with grain bucket and muck fork.

The MB26NP was only made between 1987 and 1988 before the launch of the CP Series with the new cab and chassis, Perkins Engine with Dana Spicer Compact Shuttle Torque Converter, a good simple reliable machine in it's day - the biggest problem is with the 4.55 m Freel Ift Mast - if the carriage rollers at the bottom collapse, it allows the bottom side roller axles to grind and spread the metal of the inner section at the back, which would go unnoticed until you lifted high with a big load which then because of the weakened inner section, would spread the inner section - with the resulting call to the dealer "The Mast Is Stuck In Air". So all the valuations above are pie in the sky until the true condition of the inner section if examined - this mast was fitted from 1978 ish till around 1996 on all Manitous Masted Rough Terrains so many failures in AG just because of failure to check for bottom carrige roller wear.

 

[br jones]

Sold a proper rough manitou 26 p 4 wheel drive for 2785 on fleabay ,and it went to poland

 

[SilliamWhale]

The MB26NP was only made between 1987 and 1988 before the launch of the CP Series with the new cab and chassis, Perkins Engine with Dana Spicer Compact Shuttle Torque Converter, a good simple reliable machine in it's day - the biggest problem is with the 4.55 m Freel Ift Mast - if the carriage rollers at the bottom collapse, it allows the bottom side roller axles to grind and spread the metal of the inner section at the back, which would go unnoticed until you lifted high with a big load which then because of the weakened inner section, would spread the inner section - with the resulting call to the dealer "The Mast Is Stuck In Air". So all the valuations above are pie in the sky until the true condition of the inner section if examined - this mast was fitted from 1978 ish till around 1996 on all Manitous Masted Rough Terrains so many failures in AG just because of failure to check for bottom carrige roller wear.

I had that issue with mine. Wasn't a bad old thing but was glad to see it go in the end.

I'd say they're worth £2500-3k too

 

[Sparkplug]

What model is it?
Is it a MB25P
Perkins 4.236 mounted to an IH444 skid unit?

Good machines in their day, but would eat a clutch each year. Much cheaper to buy the clutch plate form IH than Manitou, but you needed to skim the flywheel every time and you could only do that 3 time before it needed replacing.

To get the engine to fit the skid unit, it used a very big and heavy flywheel.

We could change a clutch plate in a a day if we could get the flywheel skimmed locally.

The sliding counter weight above the engine did help with traction in difficult conditions, but obviously not as good a 4wd. The IH shuttle gearbox was much better than the Ford versioned MB25PF.

The only other thing to worry about was the free lift mast chains, which would stretch, allowing the ram to overextend, pop out the top and cause the whole mast to suddenly collapse.

But on the whole they were a really good machine that probably saw massive surge in self propelled forklifts becoming popular on UK farms.

IH 3400 World Wide Transmission- IH 444 was the Bradford Built Transmission in the model before yours - MB25 / 26C and all variations with the 4 cyld IH Glow Plug Engine - Ah ! the good old days

 

[TomRyder]

Dear all, thank you for having me on your forum. We are having a big clear out and the machine I’m starting with is this Manitou machine with Kubota engine. I have been trying to get an ID for it and my research bought me to this thread on this forum. I was hoping someone could tell me what it is exactly and how much it might be worth. My mother tells me it was running last Summer…!

Many thanks for any help, there might be some more machines I need help with. Appreciate everyone’s knowledge and time.

Tom