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Advanced Boom Design and Safety Features

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Mecalac Built a 3 in 1 Excavator/Loader/All terrain forklift 4K

What happens here

The front of the machine is examined, revealing a storage compartment, a side-view camera, and a unique boom arm design. Unlike conventional excavators where the boom lift cylinder is under tension, Mecalac's design positions the cylinder to push the boom up, leveraging the strong side of the cylinder. This, combined with pilot pressure operated holding valves on every cylinder, means that if a hose breaks, the boom position will be maintained, preventing accidents and making it safe to use as a telehandler or rough terrain crane. This allows for lifting materials and placing them accurately, even on inclines.

Goal: Highlight the innovative boom arm design and enhanced safety features for versatile lifting and handling.

Tools and materials

  • Pallet of Concrete Blocks N/A — Demonstrating lifting capability
  • Side View Camera N/A — Enhancing operator visibility and safety
  • Storage Compartment N/A — Holding tools or other items

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on wow okay and as we go around to the front what are we looking at so we have a storage compartment right here so again what they've done is theyve tried to maximize every little aspect of this machine side view camera storage right here I want to bring your attention to the boom because we can see really really well here that cylinder back here is what lifts the boom this one that one right there so you see the linkage the way it's made so that cylinder is pushing and it's on working on the strong side so when you're lifting the boom that linkage right there is what pulls the boom up and back so it is super strong for lifting so you have two of them now you've got one here and then this one here so those work in unison well exactly so that so this will be your boom control so you pull on your right hand joystick that's lift your boom and then that one will work on the pedal on the floor so you control those independently so that gives you access to cinematics that other machines just do not have it also favors your weight bias so when you're doing Material Handling you get your boom all the way out over the machine right above your Center joint and it becomes part of the machine ballast so it contributes to your lifting capacity and plus when you're lifting this kind of load you don't have to use your boom you use that cylinder and again look at how it's placed it's optimized for perfect lifting capability what do you call that so you can put a platform on it you know if you have blow a boom you blow a hose it's not everything's not going to collapse and kill somebody some people call them burst valves we call them uh uh safety valves pilot pressure operated holding valves holding valves okay so you blow a Hol it stays right where it's at exactly so some excavators will have it just on the boom section yeah this one has it on every single cylinder on the machine so no matter where you are in the lifting cycle let's say you're on demolition is going on piece of debris comes cuts a hose your boom stays where it is which ALS but that also allows you to use this like a tandler absolutely and that's that's the thing so right now I could do static loading just like a tandler would I can take my load Reach Out 23 ft come back reach up 23 ft but what a t tellah Handler can't do is reach below grade I can go about 10 ft below grade drop this pallet come back out of it and and go on angles and do angles as well because of your 15° boom right here exactly right so…

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