JCB Agriculture and Chandlers RFM JCB are collaborating to make a timely return to the Royal Welsh Show with the roll-out of a host of new JCB farm handling machines.
Among the newcomers making the debut at the event are the newly-upgraded 435S wheeled loader – a big hit with silage-making and muck spreading contractors throughout the UK; two all-new Telemaster telescopic wheeled loaders; and the latest-spec Teleskid tracked skid-steer loader.
The JCB Loadall telescopic handler range will be represented by two 6 metre machines – a 3 tonne lift 530-60 AGRI and a 3.2 tonne 532-60 AGRI, and the heavy-lifting 542-70 AGRI with its 4.2 tonne lift capacity and 7 metre lift height.
JCB Agriculture Managing Director, John Smith, said: “Having launched an unprecedented number of important new materials handling machines, we felt it important to give our agricultural dealers in Wales the opportunity to present and explain the features and benefits of these new products.
“We’re working with Chandlers RFM JCB to exhibit as many of the new machines as we can, while also featuring the JCB Fastrac 4220 iCON and other established products.”
Highlights of the exhibit at the Royal Welsh Show, which runs from Monday 21st to Thursday 24th July at Builth Wells, will be the new JCB telescopic wheeled loaders – the TM280S mid-size machine and the ultra-compact TM110 – both of a size and performance not seen in the JCB range before.
JCB’s new TM110 is capable of lifting 1.1 tonnes with a 3.5 metre lift height, and is powered by a 50hp engine with all-hydrostatic drive.
Standing just 2.2 metres tall and 1.56 metres wide, it can genuinely “access all areas” while providing more lift capacity, reach and load placement flexibility than a fixed arm loader.
Also designed with buildings accessibility in mind, the 130hp TM280S (and its 109hp TM280 sibling) measure a best-in-class 2.6 metres to the top of the cabin, enabling access through low doorways, despite having a full-size cab shared with other Telemaster loaders and delivering lift of 2.75 tonnes to 4.8 metres.
Apart from being more powerful, the TM280S raises the bar with its DualTech VT hydrostatic/mechanical transmission providing optimal low- and higher-speed working.
JCB’s 435S loading shovel has been given a further performance boost with Dynamic power increased 12% to 282hp for a class-leading 19hp per tonne power-to-weight ratio, and more torque across the rev range.
Transmission upgrades result in more effective power delivery, direct drive auto lock-up for the road gears and operator-configurable lock-up for working speeds.
The JCB Teleskid 3TS-8T making its UK-wide debut at the show is a tracked skid-steer loader that, like its wheeled counterparts, has three unique features: a single loading arm for greater visibility, a side cab door for safer machine access, and a telescopic loading arm giving greater lift height and reach than any other skid loader.
The latest model, with the same 1.7 tonnes (0.7 tonnes to full height) and 4.03 metres of upwards reach as before, has a new 3-litre JCB DieselMAX engine that is smaller and lighter, more fuel-efficient and ‘greener’ in terms of emissions than its predecessor, while generating more torque and the same 74hp.
For more information contact Chandlers RFM JCB Specialist Paddy Kennedy on 07971 151778.