This mecalac is actully a rebranded Ahlmann. Ahlmann is a german company that already build their first swingloaders in 1952. Today, ahlmann is bought by mecalac. This AS 600 is actually an ahlmann AS 55. Also, AS stands for ahlmann schwenklader. (just swingloader in german) so now you know. Greetings from the Netherlands (Im a apprentice mechanic by ahlmann/mecalac)

We use loaders like this a lot in the locomotive industry that are fitted with high rail equipment to drive on the train tracks.

You have so much fun testing new equipment. Watching you having fun is the best.☺🙏

As soon as I saw it I thought it would be great on the farm 🚜 🙃. Really like the counter weight. Crab 🦀 steering would be super. The tires should last long then on a Skidsteer. Great find. Thanks 😊.

Swingloaders with hi-rail wheels are very common in the rail industry. I work as a heavy equipment mechanic at a major rail transit agency and we have a fleet of Pettibone and Swingmaster swingloaders. They’re very similar to this machine only they’re a lot bigger and have hi-rail wheels. It’s really impressive to see one of our machines handling almost 500’ long sticks of rail.

I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I really appeciate the additional clarity the 4k camera brings to your videos. 👍😎😊

railroads have been using swing loaders for yrs....speed swing was the actual brand name.....and that is a suspension lock not a counterweight......rough terrain cranes have them too

Never seen a swing loader on a UK farm. There may be a handful but nothing like pivot steer, skid steer and various sizes of telescopic handlers plus tractor loaders. Telescopic handlers are very common and found on probably the majority of UK farms. Not so popular on mainland Europe apparently even though most, apart from JCB brand, are made in the EU.

A really wild machine with some unique abilities.Thanks for sharing.

We the viewers have been waiting for this video a long time, thanks for being persistent!

This is one machine that I actually am in full support of Stanley. The only issue with it is some people might just prefer the regular articulated kind for their task, but thankfully mecalac makes those too!

Good evening Stan! I hope you have had an awesome week so far! I have had a long, strenuous, but good week! always good to be productive! keep up the great work!

So the swing really only comes in handy while you're driving through tight turns. The easiest way to pull out the forks after placing a load is when it's all straight, or you'd have to play with the steering modes to get the forks out without them binding. I think it would benefit from forks that swing horizontally on the end of the arm as well, otherwise I'm struggling to see the advantage of the machine other than driving through tight turns. But if you don't have the budget to modify a building or acquire enough space to do your job without acrobatics, I doubt you'd be able to go out and purchase this specialized machine.

I would have said it was excessive, but I’ve seen Emile using one on MasterMilo channel and I was very impressed by it. Way better than an articulated loader in tight spaces.

The Navy has a forklift, that does the same thing. It pick up a missle and still be able to drive into the 8 ft wide warehouse door.

When a paper tested this machine here in Finland they thought that it is nice. But there where two things they mentioned: when you go down on the side the tire is "in the way" and if you want to empty into a trailer/truck on the side you have to be wery close. But the possibility of swinging the boom and crab-drive makes it versatile...

Nice demonstration Stanley! As usual

Nice one Stan. 👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Confused here. What’s the point of articulation in the loader arms if it can’t extend out. Example picking a pallet at 90 degree you just can’t steer the machine into the fork pockets of the pallet. Very cool design tho I see many uses with regular loader bucket

Would have been nice to see moving and stacking pallets to actually show why it's better. I assume it would be, somehow, but struggle to really see how.

12;13 & 6:02 nice codes synk up this morning too.

These machines are built by Ahlmann sinds 2012 mecalac in Germany they sel it as a ahlmann in Netherlands , I have driven the az14 for 10 years. The machines was 10000kg it was a great machine.

It is similar to the old Pettibone Rail Roaders I used in a selvage yard I worked at

Hey Stan, great video as always!! super impressive machine for its size and the way it can handle the weight on the side while driving to. Continue the hard work have a great one

The lack of a telescoping boom really holds it back in my opinion. If it could run a brush hog it would be great in orchards and vineyards to mow under trees and vines.

if they added a 10 or 20 ft telescoping boom it would be a great yard forklift being able to go down a row and grab from the side. as for being a loader I dont see any advantage to this vs center articulation

Meca leca lac … meca hiney ho Sorry had to Cool machine…keep the vids rolling sir Thank you

This is practically in my back yard. Just waiting to see you at work. I work at the big cat house, hydraulic side.

Great video, love watching.

i can see how that crab mode might be useful for fine lateral placement in a confined space

Need a full blown dealer with 20 plus units, a parts room fully stocked, service techs, and sales guy that knows the unit better. Four units sold in four years? lol...

Cool machine. Keep them coming. 🇨🇦🥃🤙

Stan I guess it has its uses would be nice to back fill trenches if you did alot of pipe installation 👍hopefully you are having a great spring

4:12 that is the boom supspension. It will smooth out the boom if your on the road so your load will not shake as much. That another one I dont know eather

I didn't feel the jerk but I could see him. Nice machine crab walk I'm not sure of. Thanks for sharing

Hey Stan , Look for cheap construction safety fence , to make a storage bunker for your plows and other gear .For your off site location before the snow falls. Keep those thieves away . I think this is going to be a bad year for theft. Also there is a chemical called max mileage from Pittsburgh power it has nothing to do with fuel mileage its to keep your Dpf and Scr clean. Phone Pittsburgh power and have a talk with them . Love you KZfaq videos

I kept hoping to see him demonstrate the usefulness of this swing loader, but all he did was drive around with a load and swing it side to side and never put the load down at the side and pull the forks out from the pallet. As far as I can see there isn't any way to do that. So, what use is it if you can't set down, or pick up, a pallet at the side? What is the use of being able to swing side to side if you can't put the forks into a pallet and pick up or set down a load?

6:34 wow absolutely ridiculous... Warranties should follow the machine!

That would probably work great on the chimney job we're working on now. Can only get to the back of building from one side and no room to turn corner. How high will that lift? What if the forks/bucket could extend out or up like a lul? Didn't see crab mode to well...? Did you get a couple exterior shots of it?

Excellent video Professor Dirt Monkey ! Keep ‘em coming

This would be great for an alternative to an articulating Georgia buggy. All in one machine

pretty cool it steers like a lull

2 brakes likely one is for going downhill. It keeps the transmission and motor connected while applying the brakes. The other disconnects the transmission allowing the engine RPM to be high while slowing down for faster hydraulic movement. Likely the sledge has the same setup.

Red button is for the ejection seat!

i wish you would have shown the machine load and unloading from the side. it looks to swing 90 degrees . the question is can you get the forks in\out of a pallett at 90 degrees?

People really interested in the capability of this machine should watch the mecalac channel or search for ahlmann loader. In the Netherlands we have a lot of them and they are awesome.

YOU SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP THE CAR STAN

Ok. So. I operated a bigger one for years. It can literally do anything. The red switch is a load compensator, when you drive it will smoothen the ride.. Search for youtube "Ahlmann az95" or "Ahlmann az150". Ahlmann is the original manufacturer for this machine, Mecalac took it over a few years ago. It is a very popular machine in the Netherlands for road building and infrastructure.

dang! I love that machine

Seen you guys rolling 35w South/494 exit.. cool.. I was on way to do electrical for bison range

that would be handy around some small pipe jobs in town

That’s insane 😮

Summary, learning curve and unknown buttons .... hold my beer!

Love the videos

I hate to say this.. excuse me I haft to clear my throat but man those people across the pond is so many years ahead of us.. just look at their cranes. They have been using tilt/rotators for years even on a backhoe

now i want to see some dirt moved with this :)

Super cool!!!

You can tell a Polack from a distance, you just can’t tell him much.

They used to build traxcavator/trackloaders the same .

Stan please make a snow plow video with that

Cool! How does it compare to the mini-excavator version? How does it compare to the JBC TeleSkid? Construction, landscaper, farm? Who is it for? If your only business was being an owner operator, which would you choose? Cool products but so many questions… They need more videos!!!

As a plumber and central heating eng and lead man (old skool here) i have zero need of this machine, just thought id put that out there 😆🤣😂

Impressive totally awesome

Reminds me of a hyster 3 wheel forklift

That is so cute.

This feels like a version of the Paus 8.7

It's like a smaller version of a pettibone speedswing

I actually have a question and Iknow u Would definitely know , when it comes to hard work like lots of back dragging , making roads wider , making trails or small paths throw woods , etc what does better a skid steer or small loader like this size , and Ik the conversion comes up about skid steer s have tracks and stuff but I mean with the ground conditions aside and with the opinion to put any skid steer up against any small loader of equal size , what would u say is the better machine for that type of work ? And thanks and let me know I ask to much stuff lol

Call it the Skidvator.

Kinda looks like a tough sale without multiple attachments. Wonder what the shipping on parts would be. Great concept though.

A lil carried away Tonka toy in a good way tho I like it

Had a matchbox toy like this 50+ years ago.

Now put a telescoping boom and outriggers on it...

That would also be a great tool for my farm

I want a Mecalac Sketchavator LOL 😂

front wheel steer is a legal obligation (years ago hydraulic steering could be realy jerky and way to direct for road speed on four wheel steer) four wheel steer is what the machine is on 99.99% of the time (my liebherr telehandler does 50 kph and its manageable with modern steering) and crab steer is for not getting stuck against a wall and to do some tricks like grating with normal booms

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Be cool if u could have rear steer only too be like a forklift truck the ram that does the counter weight u will find on the rear piviot steer axle on SAS (System Active Stability) forklift trucks we use to use them u could corner at faster speeds with a load in the travel position and if machine is of balance due to load or terrain the machine would automatically retract or extend the ram and makes the load more stable even when mast was at full exstention while slowly maneuver with a full load up high

They sell duct tape to cover the red switch that you don’t like, show how it works don’t pick it apart unless you try everything on it.

Hey stan here in Holland they still call the swingloader an ahlmann and the excavator the mecalac but i swear and iam An lover of the ahlmann swing loaders the funconalitie is gigantic they opperate so smoot iDeal compact work and road work and groundwork you can also attach An level blade I Works fenomonal bud thake bigger tires for grip in the sand they plow quick idk the new types 100% good machine

sometimes it's a hit but not all the time

Hi Stan, do the forks move in & out? Can you straight pick up a pallet, turn it to the side 90deg, set it down and then pull the forks in to leave the pallet there and drive away?

4 wheel steer it seems like the start ignition is over thought out

Everything is tight in Europe that's why their machinery is small and agile

Would have been nice to see other attachments and dump capacity.

Did you get any crab walk footage from outside the machine?

Never heard no price on that machine - why you didn't include the price is more than i know

kid in a candy store. when do you take delivery, hehehe.

just curious, will it run a forestry Mulcher or a brush hog?

3:21 This is a kill switch. Notice the little line is outside the circle. This means no power. A regular power switch has a line inside the circle, indicating power on/off. 4:11 The translation I got was Hitch suspension. (on/off?) I think this is for the fancy counterweight system.

Dude I want to be you best friend!!! Just so I can play with all of your equipment and I'd even take care of your thieves for no charge lmbo

So are you considering to buy any Mecalac Stan?

Would it make a good snow blow 🤔 😁

lets see it plow snow

An honest seller will always sell more then an embellisher seller.

Good evening Stan! I could use some advice for my buissness. One of my foreman's has had some complaints brought to my attention from the people that work with him. They are saying he's lazy, and dosent put in an even and fair amount of work (Mowing and Landscaping). I'm not really sure how to handle this in a fair way. Any advice?

Most important question "What the cost?"

Like anything else, once you got used to it. It would work out fine

You should demo one stan you would really like it on tight jobs

So with the forks on it and you swing to the side you can't off load the pallet. So the bucket would really be the only use for the swing?