They’ve been running previous versions in Europe since 1995, but the good folks at JCB decided to show off their latest telescopic wheel loader, the TM320, at the National Farm Machinery Show.
“It’s been a machine that we’ve been thinking about for a little while but have realized now that there’s a significant opportunity to bring it over here,” said Ray Bingley, a general manager for JCB’s agriculture division, explaining the time it’s taken for it to show up on this side of the pond.
But it should be worth the wait. Ray said it has some features very attractive to folks who use tractor-loaders, such as the seating position, but all the benefits of the telescopic with the elevated lift height and load capacity. JCB has also engineered this machine especially for the agricultural environment, as opposed to the demands of a construction site. He added that folks who have used a telescopic are sold on its value to a farm operation.
“The guys who have telescopics will tell you they don’t know how they could run the farm without it!”
You can listen to Chuck’s interview with Ray here: Interview with Ray Bingley