The Vertical lift design has nothing to do with a current NH machine. The specs do show as you point out a 10 inch reduction in reach. I am not sure the number is right (although it may prove to be). The SV300 shows a ROC of 2500 on the website. It is actually 3000. The high flow is also not correct the gpm listed on the site. You would think releasing a new machine, they would want to make sure the specs are correct on the website, but obviously they are not all correct. I did not check any other machines. I sent CASE an email reference the mistakes.
The lift design felt strong I thought, I corner loaded the TV380 and lifted until the machine would no longer lift and I noticed little flex in the loader arms. Cant say what will happend after 2500 hours but new it was tight. We were told that the radial lift machines on the new series lift higher than the 400 series and so the reach is reduced at max lift height due to the increase in lift height. Comparing a 400 series with a SR machine and at they are within an inch of having the same reach, once the SR lifts beyond the the max height of the 400 series machine the bucket starts traveling over the machine and the reach is reduced. I don't recall anything being said about the reach on the vertical machines. Perhaps they did not want to discuss the reach reduction. We did not have access to all the specs of the new machine at that time. I would have liked to ask them about the reach of the vertical machines.
