JCB HYDRALOAD
“THIS IS THE CULMINATION
OF THREE YEARS OF
DEVELOPMENT. OVER 50,000
MANHOURS AND 10,000 HOURS
OF MACHINETESTING”
Richard Brooks, engineering director, JCB Loadalls
ABOVE: The boom is
set low on the chassis
of the Hydraload for
outstanding visibility
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additional controls. “We spent a lot
of time working out how to split the
displays,” says Brooks. “Some
competitors have one, multi-layered
display screen where information
and functionalities can be buried
several levels down. We’ve chosen to
keep the Load Management System
(LMS) separate from all the other
information – fuel gauge, engine
temperature, tell-tale lights, rpm and
speedo – which is down on the dash.”
A roto operator’s LMS
interaction always remains
paramount, so the LMS is displayed
on its own eyeline-level screen,
continuously viewable while
operating the joystick without
needing to switch screens
during load-positioning work.
e extendable boom, free
from externally-mounted
chains or hoses, is set superlow
in the chassis for
outstanding visibility; while
sidecam packs are available for
all-round vision, the uent ease
of slewing round to see may render
these unnecessary in many
situations. Purpose-built
attachments including winches,
hooks and man-baskets all
incorporate Radio Frequency
Identi cation (RFID) technology,
enabling the machine to
autonomously o er the correct loadchart
for any attachment. e lowchassis,
easy-access engine bay
makes for class-leading
serviceability supported by
signi cant JCB Loadall parts
commonality, while JCB LiveLink
telematics come as standard.
“ is is the culmination of three
years of development,” says Brooks.
“Over 50,000 man-hours and 10,000
hours of machine-testing: ROPS
testing, stability and structural
testing, cold climate and climatic
chamber testing and thousands of
hours of customer evaluation and
benchmarking.’”
Building the future
UK house-building must increase to
300,000 new homes each year for at
least a decade in order to redress the
country’s housing de cit, o cial
government estimates suggest.
is promises a vast scale of
opportunity for the precise,
versatile and easy-to-use 555-210R
Hydraload, whose prodigal reach
could extend far beyond purely
modular projects.
“Modular isn’t just about heavy
panels and crane-work,’ says
Burnhope. ‘Traditional housebuilders
are increasingly putting in
chimneys, staircases or bathroom
sections, delivered as modules,
which need to be rotated o
a truck and positioned.’ For
Burnhope, the Hydraload
epitomizes a perfect synthesis of
evolution and revolution, two
forms of change he sees alternately
de ning the progress of industrial
vehicles. ‘We’ve evolved our
technical capabilities to transform
the Loadall into a roto, but with the
subsystems we’ve also created some
mini-revolutions within that evolved
product,’ he concludes. iVT
5,500kg
Maximum lift capacity
of the JCB Hydraload
850kg
Maxium lift capacity of
the Hydraload at full
reach
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