Rotary loadall hire in Cork

A roto telehandler is a rotating telehandler: its telescopic boom sits on a slewing turret that can rotate through 360 degrees, and the machine is levelled on four outriggers before it lifts. Euro Concrete hires out two, the Manitou MRT 2150 and MRT 2540, known around Cork as rotary loadalls.

Once the outriggers are down, the operator can swing the boom to any side and place loads all around the machine without moving it, which a fixed telehandler cannot do. That makes it the machine for roofing, cladding and steel erection, and for lifting over a building from one side. Rotating telehandlers can also be fitted with a winch for suspended loads or a platform for work at height, each with its own load chart. The set-up needs a firm, level base for the outriggers and room for the turret to swing. Tell us the heaviest load, its height and its distance from the machine, and we will confirm which of the two suits the lift.

Euro Concrete lists weekly rates for its two rotating telehandlers on this page, excluding VAT, with the MRT 2540 costing more than the MRT 2150. Ring Sean on 086 881 9848 with the dates and the address for a one-day price, a longer hire, or the machine with a driver.

A rotating telehandler is a big machine to move, so the site needs a clear route in and a firm, level spot for the outriggers, and delivery counts for more of a short hire than a long one. For a one-day lift, it is worth listing everything else the machine could do while it is on site. Hiring it with a driver costs more, but it is the sensible choice where nobody has operated a rotating machine before. If the lift does not need the turret to turn, the MT 1840 loadall, a fixed telehandler, is the smaller machine and costs less per week.

The main types of telehandlers are fixed telehandlers, which lift forward from the front of the machine, rotating telehandlers, whose boom turns on a turret, and compact models for tight sites. Euro Concrete hires out a fixed Manitou MT 1840 loadall and two Manitou rotating telehandlers.

A fixed telehandler, the common loadall, drives to the load and lifts forward, which suits moving materials around a site and placing them on a scaffold or roof in front of it. A rotating telehandler stands on stabilisers and turns its boom to any side, so it places loads all around the machine without moving, and it can take a winch or a work platform. Heavy-lift telehandlers carry larger loads over a shorter reach, and agricultural telehandlers are built for yard and farm work. The choice comes down to the weight of the load, the height, how far out it goes, and how much the machine needs to move between lifts.

A rotating telehandler has no single lift figure: its maximum capacity applies with the boom retracted and the outriggers set, and every metre of reach or height beyond that lowers the load it can carry. Euro Concrete's Manitou MRT 2150 and MRT 2540 each carry a load chart that sets the limit at every height, reach and turret angle.

On a rotating machine the chart has more to cover than on a fixed one. The load it can take depends on whether it is standing on its tyres or its outriggers, how far the outriggers are extended, the angle of the turret against the chassis, and the attachment in use, since forks, a winch and a platform each have their own limits. A lift at the edge of the chart on one side of the machine can be out of range on the other. Give us the weight, the height and the reach, and we will say which of the two machines' charts covers it.

Manitou, Merlo, Magni and Dieci are among the makers of rotating telehandlers, with the Manitou MRT, Merlo Roto, Magni RTH and Dieci Pegasus ranges. Euro Concrete's two rotary loadalls are Manitou machines, the MRT 2150 and the MRT 2540, both on hire across Cork.

The makers differ in reach, capacity and the attachments their machines take, but the principle is the same: a telescopic boom on a slewing turret, with outriggers to steady the machine. For a hire, the make matters less than two practical checks. The first is whether the machine's load chart covers your heaviest lift at the height and reach you need. The second is whether the machine suits the site: its weight on the ground, its width at the gate and the room it needs to set up and swing. Tell us the lift and the site, and we will say which of our two Manitou machines suits the job.

Euro Concrete Services hires its two Manitou rotating telehandlers from its two bases, in Cork city and Skibbereen, and delivers them to sites anywhere in County Cork. Ring Sean on 086 881 9848 with the address, the lift and the dates, and he will tell you which of the two suits the lift and when it can arrive.

Delivery runs across the county, from Cork city and the harbour to East Cork, north to Fermoy and Mitchelstown, and west to Macroom, Dunmanway and Skibbereen. A rotating telehandler needs a firm route in and a level area for its outriggers, so photos of the gateway and the set-up area help us check the site before delivery. If the lift goes over a road, a footpath or a neighbouring roof, tell us, since that changes where the machine can set up and how the lift has to be planned.