19.09.2019

UK’s first Bobcat TL43.80HF

UK farmer John Suggitt has taken delivery of a 7.5 metre/4.3 tonne Bobcat TL43.80HF telehandler, the first in the UK.

The new machine features a two section boom with a maximum forward reach of four metres. It has an overall width of 2.3 metres, an overall length from rear bumper to fork face of five metres and a turning radius of 3.71 metres. It was delivered by local Bobcat distributor AMS Bobcat.

Suggitt will use the telehandler to provide food for his Greyface Dartmoor sheep in the winter. It will also help with the construction of new stabling and agricultural buildings on the property, as well as moving materials at Suggitt’s industrial units in Beeford and Frodingham.
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Suggitt’s new Bobcat TL43.80HF

Suggitt said: “I was looking for a telehandler that could lift four tonnes and offer a reach of seven metres, but with the TL43.80HF, I can lift a massive 4.3 tonnes with a lifting height approaching eight metres. Being 200mm shorter than the equivalent seven metres machines on the market, the TL43.80HF also gives me the compactness and productivity I need to work in the tight spaces on site and in my storage facilities. With the TL43.80HF, I have bought a machine that I intend to grow into, not out of. The TL43.80HF has everything I would want in a telehandler and does everything I would expect a machine like this to do.”
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John Suggitt in his new telehandler

AMS Bobcat sales manager Chris Scott added: “We are delighted to have sold the first Bobcat TL43.80HF telehandler to John Suggitt. The TL43.80HF offers an unbeatable package for many applications from farming to construction, quarrying and general industry so it is ideal for use in the businesses run by John. It brings together robustness, compact dimensions, Rough Terrain ability and ease of use for the operator in the same machine.”