Agritechnica '11.2023

18 December 2023

JCB has previewed two new high-performance models in its telescopic handler range at Agritechnica, the World’s biggest farm machinery show, as the company continues to invest heavily in providing the broadest range of materials handling equipment for agriculture.

The new machines will make their UK debut at the LAMMA show, Britain’s leading farm equipment, technology and services event, on 17/18 January at NEC Birmingham.

The JCB Loadall 542-100 provides more lift capacity than JCB’s current high-lift model, while a higher-powered version of the Loadall 560-80, renowned for its bulk loading and re-handling productivity, will give the machine even punchier performance.

Both new telehandlers will come with JCB’s unique AGRI Pro package, now available across the Loadall range, combining a 129kW (173hp) engine with the DualTech VT transmission that provides “best of both worlds” hydrostatic and powershift drive, resulting in ideal driving characteristics for different tasks across a wide range of speeds.

The all-new JCB Loadall 542-100 will complement JCB’s current high-lift telehandler – the 536-95 – with a half-tonne, or more than 16%, increase in maximum lift capacity of 4.2 tonnes.

Built with new chassis and boom designs enabling a number of performance and productivity enhancing features to be introduced, it will also lift heavier loads throughout the boom envelope and to the 9.8m maximum lift height.

In highest-specification AGRI Pro form, the Loadall 542-100 will be significantly more powerful thanks to its 129kW (173hp) engine and also faster with JCB’s unique 50kph DualTech VT transmission installed, enabling large farms and straw contractors to work more efficiently and more productively.

Yet the Loadall 542-100 will have the same footprint as the current model, so it will be just as nimble for routine yard work – filling a feeder and cleaning out a cattle yard, for example – while providing greater performance for loading and off-loading bale trailers and building tall storage stacks.

In common with other AGRI Pro versions of JCB’s Loadall handlers, the new high-lift model will also benefit from the durability of an upgraded drivetrain and a high-output 160-litre/min hydraulics package.

The AGRI Pro specification will be available alongside AGRI Super and AGRI Xtra configurations, so the 542-100 will also be available with 112kW (150hp) and 97kW (130hp) versions of the JCB DieselMAX engine and a 40kph version of the JCB DualTech VT transmission, which provides initial movement by hydrostatic drive for the most precise control before automatically switching to direct-drive powershift at faster speeds.

https://agriculturaltrader.co.uk/news/two-new-high-performance-loadall-telehandlers/