Who make the best Telehandler.

[Agi-Smash]

526s

Mate of mine has one on his sheep farm. 96 on the p plate, 11,000 hours, they look after it and it still has all glass, lights and mudguards. Headstock is as tight as it has ever been. What a little peach.

In my opinion the rear engined models seems to be better than the side engined machines, but an artic jcb like a tm100 or similar is a good machine. Try and avoid ones from dairy farms

[log on tommy]

so you've narrowed it down to the aforementioned JCB teletruck, claas c series targos and the Manitou buggiscopics in standard 4 wheel steer format, weidemann, Avanti etc in bendy format and bobcat, jcb, Thomas or belle skidsteers.

all other things being equal I'd choose the JCB teletruck for best allround performer and resale value. however, as always with used kit its probably more important to focus on its previous working life than the colour of its paintwork

[log on tommy]

526s

Mate of mine has one on his sheep farm. 96 on the p plate, 11,000 hours, they look after it and it still has all glass, lights and mudguards. Headstock is as tight as it has ever been. What a little peach.

In my opinion the rear engined models seems to be better than the side engined machines, but an artic jcb like a tm100 or similar is a good machine. Try and avoid ones from dairy farms

 

I agree with mr smash. jcb's of that vintage were bomb proof. since then however they seem to have cheapened everything at the expense of reliability. if you can find a low houred 526s or 525-50 then buy it it will last a long time

[arboriculturist]

I agree with mr smash. jcb's of that vintage were bomb proof. since then however they seem to have cheapened everything at the expense of reliability. if you can find a low houred 526s or 525-50 then buy it it will last a long time

 

There seem to be 1 or 2 - 526's around the 10K mark with 7.5k on the clock and looking tidy. Seems reasonable price for a lot of machine.

 

New seat, tidy up and a good clean and possibly an older machine could be jbetter value than paying 20K for a newer model that will do not much more?

[gensetsteve]

I have been looking to change our 525 for years and have decided on 527-67 or similar maybe 530 if its not too large. I have heard alot more moans about Manitous than jcb. Not got a problem with the red ones might even end up with one. Less electronics will be better for us piano keys rather than plastic joysticks.

[Joy Yeomans]

weve also got a 520/5 and its hardly had anything done to it in 10 years, it gets neglected its the last to have its service and yet its the most reliable, parts are dead cheap, jcb worldparts is right next door to us, and they will carry stock for all the old machines, easy to fix yourself, on rough or mud its brilliant, high ground clearance, but for a tight yard machine on concrete in and out sheds, and unloading/loading lorries you need side shift and a compact teletruk is ideal, so i dont think there is one machine that does everything, thats why we still run two machines.

joy

[Tomatin Firewood]

I get by very well with my second hand Bobcat 863 (£8,000 cost me delivered Ebay) which can lift 1T pallets, can turn like a tank, easy to change from bucket to forks. I think it could just about stack 3 1m3 bags high although I only ever stack 2 high.

[arboriculturist]

weve also got a 520/5 and its hardly had anything done to it in 10 years, it gets neglected its the last to have its service and yet its the most reliable, parts are dead cheap, jcb worldparts is right next door to us, and they will carry stock for all the old machines, easy to fix yourself, on rough or mud its brilliant, high ground clearance, but for a tight yard machine on concrete in and out sheds, and unloading/loading lorries you need side shift and a compact teletruk is ideal, so i dont think there is one machine that does everything, thats why we still run two machines.

joy

 

Which Teletruck do you have?

[Joy Yeomans]

its a 2.5 i think, its only a yard machine 2wd, but you can spend a bit more and find second hand 3 or 3.5t ones with 4wd, still dont have alot of ground clearance and useless in mud but ok on rough yard.

 

it loads our artics with firewood no problem loading from one side only and reaching through and up onto the secondlayer.

 

joy

[arboriculturist]

its a 2.5 i think, its only a yard machine 2wd, but you can spend a bit more and find second hand 3 or 3.5t ones with 4wd, still dont have alot of ground clearance and useless in mud but ok on rough yard.

 

it loads our artics with firewood no problem loading from one side only and reaching through and up onto the secondlayer.

 

joy

 

I see now why you need 2 machines - 1 is never enough.