Not if you are used to a Deere or Case. I rented one from United in 2003 (all they had at the time) salesman really pushed it on me, four hours later I told him to come and get it. My complaint was lack of switchable backhoe controls... I'm an excavator guy and this got dangerous in close in work. The loader wasn't much better than most farm tractors.Thanks! That’s what I was finding online. Too bad for Terex owners. They look like nice machines.
Manitou bought the company, machine production and parts should be soon , if not already available from your Manitou Dealer.
Before they were Terex they were marketed in the states as Fermec. I have seen the front axles snap off on either wheel. I have installed new batteries in them and had to fight with sheet metal removal and installation that make no sense at all. There is a mess of wiring in the way of the batteries and then had the new batteries go dead over night from some unseen and unfound short I didn't have days to try to find. I seem to remember a park brake linkage that broke up as well. When the machines run they seem to do as well as any other. Keeping them running is the real issue and no one in the states carries any parts. Everything was a week or more away and cost twice what a similar part for a Deere, Cat or Case cost. These are issues I have personally seen. Don't ask how I feel about them.
Wrong. Mecalac bought them last year and are continuing production. They bought Terex UK specifically for the backhoe range. Engine is a Perkins.
Wrong. Mecalac bought them last year and are continuing production. They bought Terex UK specifically for the backhoe range. Engine is a Perkins.