Morooka MTS1100 tree spade - brochures?

[Gavin Phillips]

Well this board seems to fit better than any of the others. :eek:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/balacau/Misc%20stuff/misc/MorookaMST1100crawlertreespade.jpg

A couple of weeks ago during a night-time drive around I took this picture of a Morooka MTS1100 rubber-crawler machine fitted with a hydraulic tree-spade; parked in the car park of a golf course.

I have emailed the UK's distributor of the Morooka crawlers but have not received any reply as of yet from them. The MTS1100 is not a current-produced model so I have my doubts whether they'd have any brochures or spec sheets for it anyway.

Does anyone have any idea where I might find such material from (apart from eBay)? I'd also love to know if small tree spades fitted to crawlers like these are common? I've seen pictures of tree spades before but all were fitted to 3 or 4 axle trucks.

Thanks for any reply.

[D5G]

Did you ever get a reply? Kinda looks to me like an "aftermarket" spade was put on, I just don't see how that would work. I would think it would want to tip the machine, but i'm no expert.

[Gavin Phillips]

Unfortuantely I never did get a reply. I even asked them if they had a brochure for the now discontinued MTS-1100 which is the standard rubber track dumper on which the tree spade is mounted but never got anything back from them. Looks like the only way to get some info is from eBay (again).

I agree it does look like an aftermarket addition, so getting information on the treespade attachment itself is not going to be easy, and thats looking on the positive side. :Banghead

[minimax]

Did you try to call the owner of the machine?

minimax

[tonka]

How about BIG JOHN tree spades?
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg3/tonkatoys1/model90_loadermount.jpg

[Gavin Phillips]

Did you try to call the owner of the machine?

minimax

No idea who owns it, the machine was just sitting in a golf course car park when we were out on a drive that night. I would think its some company that is pretty local but there are quite a few landscaping/environmental specialist companies around here. Maybe if I had've got a picture of the other side of the tree spade there could have been a number or company name...:confused:

Unless the machine turns up again somewhere and I see it, I guess we'll never know. :(

[lantraxco]

Gavin,

If you need any help or information on Morooka carriers let me know, I have specs on all the older models and a lot of experience with custom machines and attachments.

Cheers, Don Lanway, LanTraXco http://www.lantraxco.com

[Gavin Phillips]

Gavin,

If you need any help or information on Morooka carriers let me know, I have specs on all the older models and a lot of experience with custom machines and attachments.

Cheers, Don Lanway, LanTraXco http://www.lantraxco.com

Hi Don

Sent you an email :) thanks very much for the offer. I guess these crawlers are like swiss army knives, you can put virtually anything on them! Good news if you are an owner; bad news if you are a brochure/literature collector like me!!

CLEGG is the manufacturer of the tree spade attachment but they make several models and have not responded to any attempts at contacting them. :beatsme

[positrack]

the company who owns the machine is bellwood trees in perth scotland
www.bellwoodtrees.com for contact details

[Gavin Phillips]

the company who owns the machine is bellwood trees in perth scotland
www.bellwoodtrees.com for contact details

Excellent!! Thank you very much for that! An email is already winging its way to them :D

I just hope they have some information on the whole vehicle, crawler body & tree spade combined...:beatsme

Thanks again :)

[positrack]

did you get anywhere with the info

[Gavin Phillips]

did you get anywhere with the info

Nope, no reply from them at all. Although I have been emailing other places and received some news - but nothing as far as specs for the MST-2300 and MST-1100.

I'm still checking out eBay for such things though - and here was me thinking it would be quite easy to obtain such information on the standard dumper version of these machines. That'll teach me. :Banghead :D

[positrack]

try tracked dumper hire they use marooka dumpers

[Gavin Phillips]

try tracked dumper hire they use marooka dumpers

I think they were the second place I tried; got a few nice emails from them but the 2300 machine looks like a very difficult machine to find anything concrete on. Possibly because of Komatsu's involvement?

[positrack]

have you tryed cautrak they are the importers for marooka

[positrack]

www.cautrac.com

[Gavin Phillips]

www.cautrac.com

Tried them also, had a reply by email, got some information but nothing positive as far as specifications go, although from what they did tell me, the measurements of the MST-2200 (a far more popular machine) are pretty much the same.

[lantraxco]

A thousand apologies Gavin for not getting back to you about the 2300. As an excuse I'll say that our baby girl was born February tenth and I haven't had much sleep since! A man shouldn't wait till he's fifty to start a family I suppose, but I'm very happy about it.

The Komatsu 2300 is exactly the same as the Morooka 2200, with the exception of the engine. Also the Hitachi CG-100 is just a Morooka 2200 in Hitachi colors. If you haven't got specs for the early 2200 yet I can send them along.

[Gavin Phillips]

A thousand apologies Gavin for not getting back to you about the 2300. As an excuse I'll say that our baby girl was born February tenth and I haven't had much sleep since! A man shouldn't wait till he's fifty to start a family I suppose, but I'm very happy about it.

The Komatsu 2300 is exactly the same as the Morooka 2200, with the exception of the engine. Also the Hitachi CG-100 is just a Morooka 2200 in Hitachi colors. If you haven't got specs for the early 2200 yet I can send them along.

Hi there. Hope you all are doing well and congratulations! :)

I'll have a look around for specs on the Hitachi CG100, maybe I'll get lucky with that one.

Thanks for anything you can send :)

Last minute edit. I spent some time looking around for pdf's on the CG100 Hitachi machine, no sign of anything. Even the older machine pdf's on Hitachi's website do not list the CG100 which is a shame.

[positrack]

just sent asmething i found but you probably got it

[Gavin Phillips]

Hi

Thanks for the information.

I was warned by a couple of companies that details on the older Morooka & Morooka/Komatsu crawlers wasn't easy to get hold of. Looks like that was really an understatement. Even contacted a dealer in Alaska who said more or less the same thing.

I think I'll email HItachi and see if they have anything on the CG100.

Thanks again.

[positrack]

we used to have one of the older ones ,great tool only downfall was no cab only a frame,we took the body and put lift arms on to pull a tree planter.

[Gavin Phillips]

we used to have one of the older ones ,great tool only downfall was no cab only a frame,we took the body and put lift arms on to pull a tree planter.

Sounds an interesting vehicle! What size of tree can it cope with?

There seems to be almost no end to the equipment you can mount on these crawler vehicles. Quite odd I don't see more of them really.

[positrack]

if you can get a tree in the canopy it will plant it ,check out our web site the link is on my blog

[lantraxco]

Thanks, we all seem to be happy and healthy here!

I have an early 2200 spec sheet I'll get scanned and email to you, but you can use the Morooka MST-2200VD specs off the Morooka or Cautrac website. Physically and mechanically the only differences are really the engine and the cab. The Komatsu 2300 used the SA6D108 engine normally.

Morooka built all of these, but Hitachi and Komatsu will rarely even acknowledge their existence. There are variations from early to late in the engines, pumps and travel motors. I can usually pinpoint preferred or obsolete components if you have a serial number. As you may have gathered by now, information is limited and not always accurate.

Cheers,
Don, Terri and baby Samantha

[Gavin Phillips]

Thanks, we all seem to be happy and healthy here!

I have an early 2200 spec sheet I'll get scanned and email to you, but you can use the Morooka MST-2200VD specs off the Morooka or Cautrac website. Physically and mechanically the only differences are really the engine and the cab. The Komatsu 2300 used the SA6D108 engine normally.

Morooka built all of these, but Hitachi and Komatsu will rarely even acknowledge their existence. There are variations from early to late in the engines, pumps and travel motors. I can usually pinpoint preferred or obsolete components if you have a serial number. As you may have gathered by now, information is limited and not always accurate.

Cheers,
Don, Terri and baby Samantha

The early 2200 spec sheet would be most appreciated indeed. This is at least half of the puzzle put together!

I just wonder why data is so hard to find on these Morooka crawlers? Is it just because they are older models which I'm interested in, or does Morooka just not release any PDF's or even paper brochures to keep costs low?

[positrack]

gavin where you about in newcastle we ar in kelso just up the road

[Gavin Phillips]

gavin where you about in newcastle we ar in kelso just up the road

I live in Bedlington, although Newcastle is where I seem to spend most of my time taking pictures as little happens around here.

[lantraxco]

Prior to about 1998 all Morooka production was for domestic Japan use only, as far as I know. Very little English language documentation exists or survives. In my opinion (and this is from working directly for the President of Morooka Japan) Morooka only seems to be interested in selling current production machines and not supporting anything more than a few years old. This is prevalent in Japanese manufacturing, but moreso it seems with smaller companies like Morooka. They moved their offices and production facilities a couple years ago and basically destroyed or recycled anything they didn't feel was currently needed.

Information about current models, though in some cases a year or two out of date, is available on the Morooka.com website. They don't sell used machines, so why put up information on older models? It's simply a matter of attitude I think.

This post is the opinion of the poster only and does not reflect the views, opinions, policies or directives of any company or persons other than the poster. I have no connection whatsoever with Morooka Ltd of Japan, Morooka USA Corporation or Morooka Industries. Nor do I wish to!