Rippa R906E

The R906E is the smallest backhoe loader in the range and the only one that fits through an ordinary farmyard gate: its transport width is 1,150 mm. With the 1,150 mm, 0.23 m³ front bucket it loads soil, sand, gravel or rubble, and with the rear arm it digs trenches for water and sewerage up to 2.5 m deep, pits for manholes and septic tanks, and foundations for outbuildings and fence posts. The digging reach is 3.4 m, and the arm swings up to 119 degrees, so you can work along a wall without moving the machine.

What sets it apart from the rest of the range is its size and its engine. The engine is a Kubota D1105 diesel with three cylinders, 1.12 litres and water cooling, delivering 17.1 kW (22.9 hp) with a rated fuel consumption of 1.3-1.5 litres per hour — a machine of this kind can run all day without a frightening diesel bill. The operator station is not an enclosed cab but a four-post structure compliant with the TOPS and ROPS rollover protection standards; the cab version is ordered separately.

It suits households with land to maintain, small utility installation crews that often dig short sections, and landscaping firms working in yards that are already finished, where a four-tonne machine has no way in. At 2,250 kg, with a transport length of 5.18 m with bucket and a height of 2.6 m, it loads onto a light platform and moves between jobs without oversize transport. It lifts 300 kg safely and 600 kg maximum, so it is a machine for digging and handling, not for moving large volumes.

The 1,150 mm loader bucket, with 0.23 m³, and the 400 mm digging bucket, with 0.036 m³, come as standard. The hydraulics work at 18 MPa rated pressure and 20 MPa maximum, with a 42 l/min working pump and an eight-section control valve on the backhoe arm, and the max. digging force is 15.8 kN. The machine climbs gradients of up to 25% and has 155 mm of ground clearance.

Standard equipment

• Kubota D1105 diesel engine, 3 cylinders, 1.12 litres, water-cooled, 17.1 kW (22.9 hp)
• 1,150 mm loader bucket (0.23 m³) and 400 mm digging bucket (0.036 m³)
• Four-post protective structure compliant with the TOPS and ROPS standards
• Eight-section control valve on the backhoe arm, with swing of up to 119 degrees
• 42 l/min working pump, rated pressure 18 MPa, maximum 20 MPa
• Transport width 1,150 mm, ground clearance 155 mm, rated fuel consumption 1.3-1.5 l/h