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Sunnyside, WA | I'll be the odd man out on JCB and telehandlers. I don't plan on not owning either one again.
The two telehandlers we have owned last ~5000 hours each before they were traded. Maybe we had too high of expectations for the telehandlers, but neither one of them lasted. Everyone on the farm always chose a payloader first and hated the telehandlers, even for moving hay bales. Payloaders remaining have 17,000 & 12,000 & 9000 & 8000 hours and still run all the time. Absolutely hated the telehandler for mixing feed. Built a 12' boom for the payloaders and have not missed a telehandler yet.
JCB was a joke for getting parts. The company promised to have all parts in a warehouse in this country. Seemed like when we had a breakdown it was the same old story that "this part never breaks" and the part was out 1-2 weeks. I buy equipment to keep it running. All equipment breaks, its just a matter of how quickly you can get parts again to keep it running. That is the main reason I run Cat loaders and JD tractors. JCB has told me they are better now, but that is a relative term, and I'm not interested in finding out first hand again.
Did I mention resale? My Cat 924G with 17,000 hours is still worth more on trade than the JCB 436 with 6000 hours was.
Everyone else on this site loves telehandlers. I'll keep my payloaders for feeding, moving hay bales and loading manure.
Edited by J. Sheehan 11/20/2011 11:22
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