Skip to main content

Manitou launches new skid steer V420

Manitou Group is introducing 12 utility machines. These includes a range of AWP, Rotative Telehandler, Forklift, Telehandler and Skid steers and Track Loaders innovations. The Skid steer V420 is designed with the intention of providing a better dump reach and can be deployed in very heavy duty applications. It comes with a 1.9tonne loading capacity and lifting height of 3,65m. It can be used in ports, grading levelling demolition and road construction. In addition, The Gehl RT215 is being unveiled.
April 9, 2018 Read time: 1 min
Manitou’s new utility machines

2106 Manitou Group is introducing 12 utility machines. These includes a range of AWP, Rotative Telehandler, Forklift, Telehandler and Skid steers and Track Loaders innovations.

The Skid steer V420 is designed with the intention of providing a better dump reach and can be deployed in very heavy duty applications. It comes with a 1.9tonne loading capacity and lifting height of 3,65m. It can be used in ports, grading levelling demolition and road construction.

In addition, The Gehl RT215 is being unveiled. The Track Loader comes with a simplified hydraulic system and improved auxiliary valve and can be applied to rough terrain applications demolition and construction, landscapers and rental companies. Gehl's skids-steer carriage is now adaptable to the Manitou Telehandler 420 H and has a 975kg loading capacity.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Developments in excavators and loaders
    February 14, 2012
    In the earthmoving sector, much development is being seen in excavators and wheeled loaders used for digging and loading, Mike Woof reports
  • Innovations in aggregate production
    February 20, 2012
    Innovations abound in the aggregate production sector - Mike Woof reports. With road construction accounting for a significant percentage of aggregate production, developments in this industry are of major importance for the highway sector. Technical advances in aggregate production methods have pushed technological boundaries, resulting in cost/tonne reductions for products and improving operating efficiency for major producers.
  • Caterpillar’s 313F excavator and M318 wheel loader shine in Spain
    May 19, 2015
    Caterpillar’s hallmark has been to stake its brand value on the ability to improve on products already considered very good. So it was with some pride that the global group unveiled its new 313F L GC tracked excavator during a dealer and media demonstration conference in Malaga, southern Spain in early March. The 313’s close cousin is the 312E, a high-use machine designed to put in long hours to maximise the owner’s productivity over the machine’s life cycle. The machine’s owner likely gets paid by the h
  • Machine control innovations from Trimble
    November 8, 2016
    New advances in machine control systems are revolutionising the construction industry - Mike Woof writes Trimble is working on innovations for machine control to meet demand for highly sophisticated solutions, as well as for more simple equipment. Major developments in available technology will provide revolutionary advances in efficiency and productivity as a result.