Highly efficient little worker

The mention of a modern farming enterprise is sure to evoke an image of a big, robust, high-power machinery fleet in our mind. However, compact machines should also be credited, as they handle a number of essential tasks in the production process. The JCB 155 radial lift skid steer is one of such indispensable multitaskers with numerous ‘competencies’.

This machine optimises farm work considerably, tackling jobs that otherwise are often done manually. For example, the JCB 155 is of great help on the feed bunk, pushing up the feed promptly and in a timely manner.

‘It saves 12% of high-cost feed as a result of the cattle eating and digesting it more effectively’, comments Aleksey Grigoryev, Executive Director of AgroCenreZakharovo. ‘Besides, a silage defacer ensures 15% less spoilage due to maintaining a smooth compacted bunker face.’

The manoeuvrable and quick-moving JCB 155 loader with zero turning radius and unique Smooth Ride System removes manure from alleys and stalls, pushes the feed out and cleans the farm premises thoroughly and quickly, which improves the overall hygiene and cow health on the farm.’

The skid steer’s compact dimensions make it perfect for loading works in tight and confined areas.

‘A wide range of attachments compatible with the loader and enabling it to perform a variety of works is another advantage’, adds Aleksey Grigoryev. ‘It includes a sweeper, a muck fork & grab, a silage shear, a multi shovel, a landscape shovel, a power grab, a bale spike, etc.’

This list would not be complete without a pallet fork, a big bag shovel, a 6-in-1 shovel, a scrap grapple, a brush grapple, a snow blade, a snow blower, a driller, a stump grinder and many other attachments.

Which is more, whatever the unit is engaged in, you can monitor it remotely with the use of the JCB LiveLink Light.v

For JCB designers, operator comfort and safety are of paramount importance, therefore, opposite to the competitors’ equivalent models, the JCB 155 driver enters and exits the loader through a side door without climbing in and out over dirty attachments through the front window.

‘We have been using JCB machinery, the 260 Series models, in particular, for four years already, and, a month ago, we purchased a JCB 155 skid steer’, says Andrey Solomonov, Servicing Technician of Rusmolko (Penza oblast). ‘It pushes up forage, works almost 24 hours nonstop and has already run 450 engine hours. To put it briefly, it’s an excellent helper.’

It should also be mentioned that the JCB 155 is now available as a track model, and, starting from 2018, the unique TELESKID model, a skid steer with a telescopic boom, will be introduced into our market.