18.06.2020

Dingli booms arrive in Italy

The first six Italian designed Dingli booms for the European market have shipped from the company’s plant in China to the Magni facility in northern Italy.

First seen as prototypes at the end of 2016 (see: Italian Dingli booms), a version of these machines has been sold in China for some time now, with the company unveiling all-electric versions of them earlier this year. The line now comprises seven diesel powered Rough Terrain booms with seven pure electric versions - see: Dingli unveils Lithium 4x4 booms.
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The new booms ready to go

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The first machines for Italy are prepared for shipment

The first six models shipped to Italy included four telescopics – the 75ft BT24RT with 24.8 metres work height, the 80ft BT26RT with 26.3 metres working height, the 88ft BT28RT with 28.6 metres working height, and the 93ft BT 30RT with a 30.3 metre working height – along with two articulated 74ft BA24RT with 24.3 metre work height, and the 86ft BA28RT with 28.1 metres working height.

Painted in ‘Magni Red’ livery, all machines feature most of the same components due to the modular design approach, heavy duty telehandler axles and a 454kg maximum platform capacity, four wheel drive and steer and oscillating axles.
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On special shipping wheels they drive up the ramp

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and into the container

The six machines will initially be used for demonstrations, one aspect of the design that was tested with this shipment was the ability to ship all of them in standard closed containers. This did involve the fitting of special shipping wheels, but all worked exactly as planned, including the BT30RT went into the containers without issue.

Dingli acquired a 20 percent stake in Magni Telehandlers at the start of 2016 (see: Dingli takes a stake in Magni) and the Dingli European R&D Centre, located within the Magni factory, was set up shortly after the investment was made. The first machines off the drawing board followed six months later for show at the Bauma China in November of that year.
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When sold under the Magni brand the booms will have slightly different nomenclature