01 April 2013

BOBCAT aims to cement its leadership of the skid-steer and compact tracked loader market worldwide with the launch of the new family of 500 platform compact loaders, which includes some of the company’s most popular models.

The platform comprises six new-generation models – the S510, S530, S550, S570 and S590 skid-steer loaders and the T590 compact tracked loader – in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. These replace the existing S150, S160, S175, S185, S205 and T190 loaders and provide operators with increased performance, enhanced operator comfort and easier serviceability to maximise job site efficiency.

“The new loader models have been designed to continue the success of the Bobcat range globally, where nearly one out of every two skid-steer loaders on the market is a Bobcat machine,” says a company spokesman.

All skid-steer loader models are manufactured at the Bobcat compact equipment plant in Dobris in the Czech Republic while the T590 compact tracked loader is manufactured at the company’s main factory in Gwinner, North Dakota, US.

The new 500 platform machines offer a completely new design, combining over 50 years of experience in loader design with new developments, to meet customer requirements and incorporating many of the same innovative features and benefits that have proved so successful in the bigger machines.

The S510 and S550 models are radius lift path loaders, combining excellent manoeuvrability in tight areas with the reach and visibility needed for applications such as dumping materials over walls, backfilling or loading flatbed trucks.

The S530, S570, S590 and T590 models feature vertical lift path boom arms particularly suited to lift and carry as well as material-handling applications. The new vertical lift path loaders offer an increased lift height compared to the previous generation of machines and, combined with an optimised lift arm design, provide operators with the ability to lift heavier loads higher, making it easier to clear high-sided truck boxes and hoppers, as well as placing pallets loaded with heavy materials.

Operators have a choice between standard foot pedal hydraulic controls, the advanced control system (ACS) or the selectable joystick controls (SJC).

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