JCB launches new compact telescopic handler

JCB has introduces the Loadall 530-60 Agri Super, with a three-tonne lift capacity and six-metre lift height

The British company has introduced its JCB Loadall 530-60 Agri Super, which it says boasts a comprehensive specification that offers significant performance and productivity advantages.

The Loadall 530-60 Agri Super is ideally sized to match the needs of livestock farms, which have narrow aisles and passages, combining high levels of power and traction with compact dimensions for productive performance, especially when working inside buildings with restricted height.

Below the hood

Power is provided by a 4.8-litre Stage V emissions-compliant JCB DieselMAX engine with peak outputs of 97kW (130hp) and 550Nm of torque, which is combined with a new two-speed hydrostatic transmission.

JCB’s established VariSpeed control provides separate engine revs and ground speed adjustment when using hydraulically-driven attachments, such as a bucket feeder or sweeper.

It’s one of the shorter machines on the market with an overall height of just two metres on the 20-inch tyre option, which ensures sufficient clearance to work beneath feeders and drinkers lifted clear for the cleaning-out operation.

To suit outdoor work on muddy and uneven surfaces, the new JCB Loadall 530-60 Agri Super is also available on 24-inch tyres for maximum ground clearance and traction. With these tyres fitted, the overall width is just 2.1 metres and even less on the 20-inch tyres at twometres.

Within those tight dimensions, the new Loadall has a JCB Smart Hydraulics package featuring regenerative hydraulics for fast but controlled boom lowering, Smooth Ride System boom suspension, boom-end hydraulic cylinder damping, and bucket shake with minimal control input.

It also has improved cab visibility and a host of previously optional features installed as standard, taking its equipment level close to that of JCB’s larger Loadall telehandlers.

As a result, JCB says this new model will provide much-increased productivity potential for livestock producers who need a nimble, compact machine for daily tasks in and around challenging buildings.

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