About them Teles

[Woodbeef]

Lee,

Just how much usable ground clearance do most of them have? How large,and wide of tires are possible on them? Now I know that each manufacturer will be different to a certain extent,but lets talk "ballpark figures" here,eh.

Now what about stability? They look to be well balanced,but as we all know looks can be decieving!! I would imagine that the side engine ones would be a bit better with the boom in use  while in off-camber situations then the rear engined ones,but is this so? Is the actual center of gravity as low as it looks to be?

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Woodbeef,

Normal tele's like ours has about 3 feet ground clearance and standard tyres of 17.5 LR 24

Tyres go up a about 3 sizes as optional extra's. Our a re pretty big and give a big foortprint but for work on hills etc i would go up at least one size if not all the way to the largest. As an i dea they are about the same size in height as a front set of tyres on a mx 135 or jd 6920. However they are wider making it more stable.

size wise and stability wise:

ours is 7 foot 6 inches high, 7 foot 6 inches wide and 14 foot 7 inches long. It will lift 3000 kg's to a max height of 6.05 metres and a max length of 3.5 metres.

stability is good - as good as any tractor if not better. i've never been in a situtation wher ei felt it was dangerous, where i have on a tractor on numerous occasions.

106hp, wastegate turbo with max torque of 391.5 Nm at 1400 RPM.
torque converter with a 4 speed gearbox. 3 steering modes - all wheel, front wheel and crab steer.

weve got a pickup hitch and the tele happyily pulls 12 tonne grain trailers full around. Pulls 40ft long artic trailers etc.

model number 629 T RRP £39,500 but bought for a lot less than £30,000!

The standard telescopic size is about 2.5 tonnes lift and 80 hp so ours is not really the norm at the moment, although there are a lot bigger ones such as the 730 which is a 7 metre reach. i am sure manitou have aweb site somewhere - check it out.

JCB are quite good but are also quite expensive. value for money wise manitou seem to be on the ball.

Hope this helps fill your brain!