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Gradall Forklift Parts
Gradall Forklift Parts - During the time when WWII caused a shortage of laborers, the well-known Gradall excavator was founded in the 1940s as the creation of two brothers Koop and Ray Ferwerda. The brothers faced the problems of a depleted workforce because of the war. As partners in their Cleveland, Ohio construction company known as Ferwerda-Werba-Ferwerda they lacked the available laborers in order to perform the delicate work of finishing and grading on their highway projects. The Ferwerda brothers decided to build an equipment that would save their company by making the slope grading work less manual, easier and more efficient.
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 push or pull the dirt. Soon enhancing the first design, the brothers built a triangular boom to add more strength. Additionally, 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 blade or a bucket attachment.
Gradall launched in the year 1992, with the introduction of the new XL Series hydraulics, the most innovative adjustment in their machines ever since their creation. This new system of top-of-the-line hydraulics allowed the Gradall excavator to provide high productivity and comparable power to the more conventional excavators. The XL Series ended the first Gradall equipment power drawn from low pressure hydraulics and gear pumps. These conventional systems effectively handled grading and finishing work but had a hard 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 along with a piston pump, high-pressure system of hydraulics which showed noticeable improvement in boom and bucket breakout forces. The XL Series hydraulics system was even developed with a load-sensing capability. Conventional excavators utilize an operator to select a working-mode; where the Gradall system can automatically adjust the hydraulic power meant for the work at hand. This makes the operator's whole work easier and even saves fuel at the same time.
When the new XL Series hydraulics reached the market, Gradall was thrust into the very competitive industrial machinery market that are designed to tackle excavating, demolition, pavement removal and other industrial jobs. The introduction of the new telescoping boom helped to further improve the excavator's marketability. The telescoping boom gives the excavator the ability to work in low overhead areas and to better position attachments.
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