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Gradall Forklift Part
Gradall Forklift Parts - During the time when World War II caused a shortage of laborers, the well-known Gradall excavator was founded in the 1940s as the brainchild of two brothers Ray and Koop Ferwerda. Partners in a Cleveland, Ohio construction company referred to as Ferwerda-Werba-Ferwerda, the brothers faced a huge predicament when numerous men left the workforce and joined the military, depleting existing workers for the delicate grading and finishing work on highway projects. The Ferwerda brothers opted to make an equipment which would save their business by making the slope grading work easier, more efficient and less manual.
The first excavator prototype consisted of a device with two industrial beams on a rotating platform fixed to a used truck. There was a telescopic cylinder that was utilized to move the beams backward and forward. This allowed the fixed blade at the far end of the beams to pull or push the dirt. Shortly improving the initial design, the brothers built a triangular boom so as to add more strength. Furthermore, they added a tilt cylinder which let the boom turn 45 degrees in either direction. A cylinder was placed at the rear of the boom, powering a long push rod to allow the equipment to be outfitted with either a bucket or a blade attachment.
The year 1992 marked a momentous year for Gradall with their launch of XL Series hydraulics, the most dramatic change in the company's excavators since their creation. These top-of-the-line hydraulics systems allowed Gradall excavators to provide high productivity and comparable power on a realistic level to traditional excavators. The XL Series ended the first Gradall equipment power drawn from low pressure hydraulics and gear pumps. These traditional systems successfully handled finishing work and grading but had a difficult time competing for high productivity jobs.
The new XL Series Gradall excavators proved a significant increase in their digging and lifting ability. These models were manufactured with a piston pump, high-pressure hydraulics system which showed immense improvements in boom and bucket breakout forces. The XL Series hydraulics system was likewise developed along with a load-sensing capability. Conventional excavators make use of an operator to select a working-mode; where the Gradall system could automatically adjust the hydraulic power meant for the task at hand. This makes the operator's general work easier and even saves fuel simultaneously.
When the new XL Series hydraulics reached the market, Gradall was thrust into the extremely competitive industrial machinery market which are designed to tackle demolition, pavement removal, excavating and different industrial work. The introduction of the new telescoping boom helped to further improve the excavator's marketability. The telescoping boom gives the excavator the ability to better position attachments and to work in low overhead areas.
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