Bell scraper tractor

[knucklehead98]

I copied this from Bell's web site under "Alliances". It doesn't say how the ownership is dispersed, though it does say that the side shift hoes are made in South Africa.

"Bell strategic partners represent some of the most respected marques in the industry, having global distribution networks covering all continents. Our key strategic alliances include:"

"John Deere Construction & Forestry, with whom our strategic alliance of over a decade has grown to include back-to-back manufacturing and distribution licences. Core products of this alliance are ADTs designed by Bell and manufactured in the USA, distributed under the Deere brand and Deere designed, side-shift Tractor Backhoe Loaders manufactured in South Africa and branded as Bell machines in the Southern African region."

"Also included are Deere Front End Loaders, Dozers, Motor Graders and the renowned line of Deere forestry equipment, all of which is distributed in Southern Africa. Hitachi Construction Machinery, a manufacturer of premium excavators, with rock solid distribution in Asia Pacific region, brand the Bell ADT products under the Hitachi marque in that region. Kato Works, a company known for strong reliable excavator products, which are distributed under the Bell marque in Southern Africa. In addition, Liebherr, one of Europe's most respected brand names, distributes the Bell ADT products through their rental companies in Germany and Austria."

 

[Bellboy]

True. thank you. Do you know how many threads I have actually read this on? Far too many.

 

[fensoncont.]

Local contactor will be or already has purchased the track typed 4206 Bell. It is setup to pull 3 scrapers, I went and looked at it last week. The contractor also has a Deere tractor pan pulling 2 1810's is it? We'll see how they perform together.

 

[RolyD8k]

Bell 4206D tractor

visited site last week and noticed Bell 4206D had more grunt than a Case 9380 each pulling a pair of 18yrd pans.be on youtube shortly.

 

[d4c24a]

great pictures

hello roly good to see you here ,:drinkup thanks for the pictures
we have some wet weather coming up how will they fair then
cheers graham

 

[RolyD8k]

pictures

Hi Graham,i cant get the hang of posting pictures on here yet,the icon wont come up for manage attachments,

 

[tctractors]

Dumper stuff

Moxy Dumpers have gears only in the back drive casings, (not chains) this is all powered through 1 diff unit (drive head) that on the early dumpers was a Scania item the same as the engine, Clark and ZF were the gearboxs used, on the Komatsu badged units the engine was Komatsu (in the U.K.???) Bell dumpers have worked now in the U.K. for some time, they do suffer with poor tipping power on the skip, the rams seem a lot lighter than other A.D.T.s, if you stick a cantelever gate on them and stuff a good muckshifters load on their back, they tend to fail to lift the skip unless you tip them down a ramp, Terex Dumpers are alcoholics for Diesel and are the only trucks I know of with holes cut into the belly guards, this allows muck to be forced into its spinning bits and damage all sorts, (why???) Cat have done loads to improve the 700 range and are now giving Volvo a good chase.

tctractors

 

[Bellboy]

thinking of buying a couple and would love some input as to anything to be aware of or look for as a possible weak link? - new guy here on forum and looking for any help possible - having a hard time posting this new question?

Um, yes, they might just work YOU into the ground. These are sum tough puppies, and very good looking too. Go for the Supertruck version, and these machines have recently gone through an improvement stage in production and now have a 30% more efficient engine, more horse power, and are quieter. Improved drivetrain and still the most comfortable cab IMHO.

if you think it is a good one, go for it!

 

[stock]

ran most of them and Volvo is king