This machine is not just a tractor. It is a robust, off-road personnel lift and a full-blooded mobile loader crane that moves effortlessly into places where a conventional truck would get stuck. By combining the Massey Ferguson 8S tractor, the HMF 1920K crane and the bespoke JAKE package, you’ll maximise the utilisation of your fleet and expand your contracting opportunities from heavy material handling to challenging power line and roof maintenance work.
The perfect combination of a loader crane and a personnel lift
The key feature of this package is its unrivalled versatility, which multiplies the return on your investment. When you’re not hoisting crew members into the air, the HMF 1920K serves as a top-of-the-range loader crane. A maximum lifting moment of 16.1 tonne-metres ensures that you can efficiently move heavy loads of building materials, electricity pylon components or bridge structures into position, even in difficult terrain. When the work phase changes, simply attach the personnel basket. Thanks to the six tele-extensions, you can safely reach a working height of almost 20 metres for installation and maintenance work. This means you can handle two completely different stages of work with a single base machine.
What are the requirements for safe personnel lifting in the field?
Lifting people imposes extremely strict safety and stability requirements on the machinery. The machine must not sway, even on uneven terrain, and provisions must be in place to safeguard against hydraulic failures.
- The crane’s own rear support and separate JAKE Front Support Legs ensure the machine remains rock-solid and stable through a full 360 degrees.
- Safety and ergonomic working conditions are enhanced by the fact that the Front Support Legs are controlled directly with the crane’s own remote control, allowing you to control the entire system precisely from a single location.
- Integrated hose rupture valves ensure that the support legs remain firmly on the ground and the personnel basket remains safely in the air, even if there is a loss of pressure in the system.
Smart JAKE solutions make the machine perfect
This Massey Ferguson is equipped to assist you at every stage of the work, ensuring that the tractor is not restricted to just one task:
- Detachable JAKE LC Crane Adapter: The foundation. Even though this is such a robust crane, the entire crane adapter supporting it can be quickly detached. Once the lifting job is done, you can free up your tractor for other agricultural or contracting work without any extra weight.
- Auxiliary hydraulics: The power required by the crane is supplied by a separate auxiliary hydraulic pump and reservoir, ensuring that the tractor’s own hydraulic system is not overloaded.
- Integrated toolboxes: Tools and lifting aids are always carried along, safely protected. The boxes are seamlessly integrated into both the front support legs and the rear subframe.
- JAKE LC Boom Support: Ensures safe and stable road transport by distributing the loader’s weight evenly onto the tractor’s axles.
With this equipment, you will not only meet the industry’s most stringent safety requirements, but you will also turn your tractor into your company’s most productive workhorse, capable of handling the tasks of several different implements.