Wheel loaders: widely applicable due to attachments

In over 27 years, TOBROCO-GIANT has become a global player in the field of compact machines with one of the broadest portfolios in the industry. From modern factories in the Netherlands and Hungary, wheel loaders, compaction machines and attachments are developed and produced in-house.

"We introduce new attachments and even completely new lines every month," says Teun van Dal, account manager for attachments at Tobroco-Giant. "The purpose of the attachments is to make the machines as widely usable as possible. Then they deliver maximum efficiency for the user. We are therefore constantly developing. We have our own R&D workshop and several engineers for this purpose. We also make many specials: co-creations with our dealers and end customers. So we don't so much sell loaders, but tailor-made concepts for the user's daily work."
A good example of such co-creation is the hoisting jib with electric winch. It was developed at the request of a customer. This remote-controlled jib can be used, for example, to install fences or level decking. For a customer in the recreation sector, a beehive clamp was modified so that beach beds could be moved with it. Another attachment was specially developed for loading parts into airplanes at airports. In short: what does not yet exist, they can make at Tobroco-Giant. The attachments can be changed functions within a second by the hydraulic quick-change system. This makes the wheel loaders usable all year round for work you would not initially expect. 

There are also many different attachments for the green sector. Last year, for example, a drum mower, chain digger, hedge trimmers, clod clamps and concrete mixing buckets, among others, were added to the program....

The wheel loaders are configured together with the customer and according to his requirements and produced at the company's own production site in Oisterwijk.

Although in the Netherlands we see more and more companies making the switch to electric vehicles, the same is not true in the global market, where Tobroco-Giant operates. Van Dal: "There is still a large market for diesel variants, especially abroad. We did develop a 'Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)' calculator and it shows that electric is more profitable than you might think. Electric wheel loaders have one big advantage: they are silent. Which is nice when working in the recreational sector or for private individuals."