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Gradall Forklift Parts
Gradall Forklift Parts - During the period when WWII created a shortage of laborers, the famous Gradall excavator was born in the 1940s as the creation of two brothers Koop and Ray Ferwerda. The brothers faced the problems of a depleted labor force due to the war. As partners in their Cleveland, Ohio construction business called Ferwerda-Werba-Ferwerda they lacked the available workers in order to perform the delicate work of finishing and grading on their freeway projects. The Ferwerda brothers chose to make a machine which would save their company by making the slope grading task less manual, easier and more efficient.
Their initial design model was a device with two beams set on a rotating platform which was affixed atop a second-hand truck. A telescopic cylinder moved the beams back and forth which allowed the fixed blade at the end of the beams to pull or push dirt. Soon improving the very first design, the brothers made a triangular boom to be able to add more strength. In addition, they added a tilt cylinder which let the boom turn 45 degrees in both directions. A cylinder was positioned at the rear of the boom, powering a long push rod to allow the machinery to be outfitted with either a bucket or a blade attachment.
The year 1992 marked a crucial year for Gradall with their launch of XL Series hydraulics, the most amazing change in the company's excavators since their invention. These top-of-the-line hydraulics systems allowed Gradall excavators to deliver comparable power and high productivity on a realistic level to conventional excavators. The XL Series put an end to the initial Gradall equipment power drawn from gear pumps and low pressure hydraulics. These conventional systems efficiently handled grading and finishing work but had a hard time competing for high productivity work.
The new XL Series Gradall excavators proved a significant increase in their lifting and digging ability. These models were made with a piston pump, high-pressure hydraulics system which showed great improvements in boom and bucket breakout forces. The XL Series hydraulics system was also developed with a load-sensing capability. Conventional excavators make use of an operator so as to pick a working-mode; where the Gradall system can automatically adjust the hydraulic power meant for the job at hand. This makes the operator's general task easier and even conserves fuel at the same time.
As soon as their XL Series hydraulics came onto the market, Gradall was basically thrust into the highly competitive market of equipment meant to deal with excavation, demolition, pavement removal and various industrial jobs. Marketability was further improved with their telescoping boom due to its exclusive ability to work in low overhead areas and to better position attachments.
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