Takeuchi Offers New Compact Excavator and Track Loader

Compact equipment manufacturer Takeuchi showed several products at the Rental Show, including the TB210R compact excavator and TL8 compact track loader.

Michael Roth

Feb. 29, 2016

2 min read

The Takeuchi TL8 compact track loader features a radial lift loader design and provides traction forces of more than 9100 pounds — The Takeuchi TL8 compact track loader features a radial lift loader design and provides traction forces of more than 9,100 pounds.

Compact equipment manufacturer Takeuchi showed several products at the Rental Show, including the TB210R compact excavator and TL8 compact track loader. The TB210R features a minimal tail-swing design and a retractable undercarriage, a backfill blade that can go from 40 feet 2 inches wide down to 29 feet 5 inches, and a new foldable ROPS/TOPS canopy that can reduce the machine’s overall height.

Other upgrades include pilot-operated joystick controls with an ISO/SAE control pattern change valve, selector vale, and pilot accumulator. Pilot controls are designed for greater productivity and reduced operator fatigue, while the change valve allows the operator to choose a preferred operational pattern. To enhance attachment versatility, the TB210R features a selector valve for one-way and two-way auxiliary hydraulic flow.

A new Kubota D7220E4B three-cylinder powers the TB210R and delivers almost 22 percent more horsepower than the unit’s predecessor, the TB108.

The TL8 is a new addition to the Takeuchi track loader lineup, featuring a radial lift loader design, weighing about 8,345 pounds and has a tip load of 6,020 pounds. A 74.3 horsepower turbocharged Tier 4 Final engine powers the unit. Rated operating capacity has been increased by more than 13 percent on the TL8 and can be boosted more than 10 percent by adding optional rear counterweights.

Inside the operator’s station is a new LCD monitor panel and switch bank that helps improve performance and functionality by providing a wider range of operational information.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.