Gradall Forklift Parts

Gradall Forklift Parts - During the period when World War II created a scarcity of laborers, the well-known Gradall excavator was founded in the 1940s as the creation of two brothers Ray and Koop Ferwerda. The brothers faced the problems of a depleted labor force because of the war. As partners in their Cleveland, Ohio construction business referred to as Ferwerda-Werba-Ferwerda they lacked the available laborers so as to perform the delicate tasks of finishing and grading on their highway projects. The Ferwerda brothers opted to make an equipment that will save their business by making the slope grading task less manual, easier and more efficient.

The first excavator prototype consisted of a machine with two industrial beams on a rotating platform fixed to a used truck. There was a telescopic cylinder which was used to move the beams back and forth. This enabled the fixed blade at the far end of the beams to pull or push the dirt. Soon improving the very first design, the brothers made a triangular boom so as to add more strength. What's more, they added a tilt cylinder that let the boom rotate 45 degrees in either direction. A cylinder was placed at the back of the boom, powering a long push rod to allow the machine to be outfitted with either a bucket or a blade attachment.

1992 marked a momentous year for Gradall with their introduction of XL Series hydraulics, the most dramatic change in the company's excavators since their creation. These top-of-the-line hydraulics systems enabled Gradall excavators to provide comparable power and high productivity on a realistic level to conventional excavators. The XL Series ended the first Gradall equipment power drawn from gear pumps and low pressure hydraulics. These traditional systems effectively handled grading and finishing work but had a difficult time competing for high productivity jobs.

Gradall's new XL Series excavators showed more ability to dig and lift materials. With this series, the models were made with a piston pump, high-pressure system of hydraulics that showed noticeable improvement in boom and bucket breakout forces. The XL Series hydraulics system was likewise developed along with a load-sensing capability. Conventional excavators utilize an operator to select a working-mode; where the Gradall system could automatically adjust the hydraulic power meant for the job at hand. This makes the operator's overall work easier and even saves fuel at the same time.

As soon as their XL Series hydraulics came onto the market, Gradall was essentially thrust into the highly competitive market of equipment designed to tackle pavement removal, excavation, demolition and other industrial tasks. Marketability was further improved with their telescoping boom because of its exclusive ability to work in low overhead areas and to better position attachments.

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