TAKEUCHI TRACKED DUMPER CONVERSION DELIVERS SKY HIGH SURPRISE.

Takeuchi’s 3rd generation TCR50-3 is proving popular not just as a tracked dumper. 

The TCR50s, it would appear, are becoming the machine of choice when it comes to working at height would you believe. That is once the tracked dumper has been converted via a tracked lifting platform onto the dumper base. 

The stable tracked platform provides the stability for a variety of working at height solutions –cherry pickers and lifting baskets. 

It all started with the Takeuchi dealer in Scotland Ramsay & Jackson’s customer, John Paterson, who converted the first TCR tracked dumper with a lifting basket as an elevated work platform.

The adaption was specifically for the installation and repair of electricity posts. This is where the TCR with its wide tracks copes well with wet ground found commonly in post-storm / wet-weather conditions, really comes into its own.

Since the initial adaptation Ayrshire based John M Paterson now has more than 18 Takeuchi tracked dumpers with elevated platforms in its plant hire fleet.

John Paterson said, “The Takeuchi TCR lends itself to this modification, it has the capability for all sorts of heights of lifting platforms, up to 20m turret. The TCR design offers great stability when working on soft ground and operators find the machine easy to operate with joystick controls, and as a plant hirer having the Takeuchi reliability always helps.”

Takeuchi dealers in the UK have fully embraced the versatility of the TCR machine to accommodate customer lifting applications, partnering with Ascendant Access to deliver the adapted solution which delivers heights up to 19m and reach of 13m.

Steve Dean MD Ascendant Access commented, “We were asked back in 2008 to marry our 18m truck mounted boom to the Takeuchi. Since then, we have seen steady growth in the take-up of this product and this current year we have 30 units on order. To date we have produced approximately 150 units. Most of them here in the UK but we are now beginning to export the units to Ireland.”

Find out more by talking to your local Takeuchi dealer.

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