Komatsu Launches New Compact Wheel Loader

摘要

Ireland's compact-class wheel loader segment has a new challenger in the form of Komatsu's WA80M-8 model, sales of which have commenced here. Pitched at farmers, agricultural and landscape contractors, bulk material providers and waste processors, the WA80M-8 is described by its distributor, John O'Brien, director of McHale Plant Sales as a 'reliable and versatile' all-rounder. Like its larger siblings, the wheel loader is an item of plant that has been quietly making its way from the quarry to the farmyard. Brother to the larger WA100M-8 version, the new WA80M model is a 6-tonne unit powered by a 72hp EU Stage V engine with a new, increased 40 km/h over-the-ground speed and a variable 'creep speed' option of up to 10km/h. Fully automatic hydrostatic transmission delivers power to all four wheels.