MEC Telehandlers

Construction Equipment - June 1, 2006

Larry Stewart
Executive Editor

Camera Shows Load from Forks

Work-platform specialist, MEC, entered the telehandler market with two low-boom models, TH60 with a rated capacity of 6,000 pounds and TH80 rated at 8,000 pounds. Both models reach 41 feet 6 inches high. The TH80 is a rare 8,000-pound low-boom machine. Outriggers are an option that more than doubles the lift capacity with forks fully extended. The MEC Viewer is an optional industrial camera system that shows the operator the position of his load at the forks. And when the transmission is shifted to reverse, the monitor displays a view from the rear camera that shows what's directly behind the telehandler.

Number of models: 2

New models: TH60 and TH80

Product-line features: The MEC telehandlers were initially designed by Upright and owned for a time by Volvo (which never put them into production). The first of MEC's telehandler models are powered by the 100-hp Deutz diesel.