It was a little while back when Porsche made an offer of $3.6 billion to Swedish truck company Scania and while a few months back the deal looked unlikely to happen, plummeting global economy and dipping stocks are now fueling the speculation that the deal might go through. This will be a bit of a revolution as it could see Porsche enter the truck business very soon. Actively producing trucks would still be highly unlikely as the company is only making a mandatory offer for Scania as it has increased stake in Volkswagen – which owns 69-percent of Scania. For now, it seems the deal will go through, but seeing a truck with a Porsche logo on it is far far away. We’d love it though. [via FT]
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The other reason articulated mini loaders have superior visibility is that the mast is mounted on the front chassis so doesn’t restrict the operators view. The mast on a skid steer however can block the view from the operating area on the left and right hand side of the operating cabin of the skid steer as it is so close to the operators seating position. The mast on a mini articulated loader, being mounted on the front chassis also provides an important extra safety feature. When entering or exiting a skid steer the operator has to climb over the bucket, which is attached to the tool frame and the mast. Unfortunately a number of accidents have occurred when servicing skidsteers or when operators have had a problem with their skidsteer and had to leave the mast up and exit the cabin area of the skidsteer. This creates a very dangerous situation and the mast has come down and severely injured a number of people and crushed them when getting in and out of the skidsteer cabin as a lever was knocked or ram failure occurred. This potentially dangerous situation is totally avoided on an articulated mini loader as you don’t have to climb over the bucket to enter the operating area.
October 23, 2009 4:49 am