JCB ROBOT Skidsteer

barrylndn · Nov 22, 2007

Anything known about them, aside from what i can get from the website (not much there!) I realize JCB is huge in Europe, but anyone with experience with the single boom design? How's the undercarriage on the tracked ones? Are they proprietary? Any and all info would be appreciated!

Robert_in_NY · Nov 22, 2007

wroughtn_harv has one and uses his a lot on his projects. You can see it being used some in this thread he currently is posting to http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/111160-other.html#post1271990

He would be a good one to talk to for real world experience with the one arm style of skid steer.

wroughtn_harv · Nov 22, 2007

Robert_in_NY said:
wroughtn_harv has one and uses his a lot on his projects. You can see it being used some in this thread he currently is posting to http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/111160-other.html#post1271990

He would be a good one to talk to for real world experience with the one arm style of skid steer.

Hmmm, I'm considering a track loader. The only one I'm seriously considering is the JCB.

The number one reason is the door. I work a lot of the time by myself. You can't beat the door.

The number two reason is the same kind of thinking that came up with the door seems to have considered everything else I've found on JCB. They just seem to think things out.

I had a Sunbelt Rental mechanic tell me JCB tracked machines sucked because you had to be a contortionist to change the oil and filter. It seems JCB has a plate underneath the motor that you remove for easy access to the oil drain and filter. He didn't know that.

Probably the number one comment on a jobsite about my JCB 165 HF skid steer is it's capability for it's size. I have about sixteen hundred hours on it, I bought it with seven on the meter. It's only had one visit to the dealer and that was for early servicing. Everything else I've done myself.

Anyone familiar with my website and posts on places like TBN is aware that she, Iris, the skidsteer, has never been pampered. I do grease the heck out of the boom apparatus and I change oil occasionally. She just keeps on kickin'.

I've rented a JCB 190 tracked, Takeuchi 140, and a Bobcat 250T. The Takeuchi surprised me with it's ability to dig. They've got something down that the other machines I've used don't have for digging. The JCB and the Bobcat were about equal except for the door. I didn't like the Bobcat for squat in the woods because I was always worried about being pinned in the cab handling logs.

My local JCB dealer has cut me one heckuva deal on 1110T or the 180T. I'm talking thousands less than the used prices I see on those units on Machinery Trader. I just haven't made the decision to buy at this time.

Tags · Nov 23, 2007

Interesting, I always wondered how those machines were, the ease of entry and exit from the cab is very appealing. I thought that there would be a problem bending or tourqing the loader arm when digging with the side of the bucket that isn't "supported" , but it sounds like you haven't had an issue.

Digdeep · Nov 23, 2007

If I remember correctly, JCB was giving a lifetime warranty on the loader arms.

wroughtn_harv · Nov 23, 2007

Digdeep said:
If I remember correctly, JCB was giving a lifetime warranty on the loader arms.

I was told that when I bought mine. But what sold me was the fact that JCB invented the telehandler as we know it. Most of the telehandlers out there are JCB and they're all single armed. Some of them have a ten thousand pound capacity and a fifty plus foot reach. You have to believe JCB has the single arm concept figured out.

Philscbx · Nov 21, 2008

I see this is an older thread, but I'll add my .37 cents worth to common sense machinery.

I used to work for Bobcat for years, and one evening about to leave the shop I noticed this different machine in for service.
When I took a good look and saw the side door, I was hooked in 3 seconds and looked forever to find one for myself. The 165 Robot.

I was using Bobcats out on the farm for 20 hours a weekend clearing the woods of falling trees over the years, and trying to get out of the cab is the greatest danger there is trying to chain up logs to skid them out.

Also, implements sitting around needed to be picked up by chain while forks sit on the implement.
If the cat has a front door, you cannot get out with the boom raised at any amount. This is nothing but a pain to deal with when you are by yourself.

If no door on the cat, then you are forced to climb out under the boom, or over the top.
This is where you play the game of cockroach on a stick if anything goes wrong. Many deaths over the last 30 years are due to decapitation running the older Bobcats.

This is why sensors galore stop and lock any movement on the newer ones if weight comes off the seat, or seat bar is raised.

The JCB side arm boom and side door is the greatest tool for one man operations with total safety regardless the mission.

I'm currently upgrading mine for commercial snow removal.
I send info and images to the head of JCB England to show what has been done.

I have recently heard that JCB skid steers will soon be sold in parts of the US now.
It can be a challenge finding parts for the older ones like mine. 98' 165.

BBunner1 · Jul 25, 2012

I have a jcb1105. I have a hard time changing the oil filter. Did not know about a plate under the motor to give access to filter. Will check under the machine tomorrow. Nothing is listed in the service manual.