Rippa RS 20

The RS 20 is the top of the loader range: a full-size skid steer of over 4 tonnes, with an enclosed cab and air conditioning. It is the machine for the site that works every day — loading trucks with soil, ballast or rubble, levelling pads and access roads, clearing up after demolition, handling pallets and bales on the farm, clearing snow from company yards and car parks. It has a rated lift of 1,050 kg, and the 0.4 m³ bucket reaches a dump height of 2.25 m and a dump reach of 1.36 m, that is, over the side of a truck, not just into a trailer.

What sets it apart from the smaller machines is the hydraulics and the cab. The Kubota V2607 diesel engine, four cylinders, 2.6 litres, water-cooled, drives a system with four pumps and a load-sensing control valve at 22.5 MPa working pressure; the auxiliary circuit delivers 99 litres per minute, enough flow to run a hydraulic breaker, a stump grinder, a trencher or a sweeper continuously, not just to lift a bucket. The lift arm has vertical lift and automatic bucket levelling, so the load stays in place as it rises, and the air-conditioned cab and the two joysticks make a difference over a full working day, in summer or in the cold.

It is for construction firms with sites that run for weeks, large farms with barns and yards to clean, building materials depots and crews doing contract snow clearing. As a machine of over 4 tonnes, 1,850 mm wide, 3,820 mm long with the bucket and 2,460 mm high, it no longer moves on a car trailer but on a flatbed. In return, the two speeds and tracks that exert only 52.16 kPa on the ground keep it working on soft ground too, where a wheeled loader spins its wheels.

Standard equipment includes the 0.4 m³ bucket, 1,850 mm wide, mounted on a quick coupler, together with automatic levelling and bucket float. The quick coupler and the 99 l/min auxiliary circuit mean the attachment changes in a few minutes: 4-in-1 bucket, pallet forks, sweeper, hydraulic breaker, dozer blade, stump grinder or trencher, depending on the job.

Standard equipment

• Kubota V2607 diesel engine, 4 cylinders, 2.6 l, water-cooled
• Enclosed cab with air conditioning, as standard
• Pilot controls with two joysticks, for travel and for the lift arm
• 0.4 m³ standard bucket, 1,850 mm wide, on a quick coupler
• Vertical lift, automatic levelling and bucket float
• 99 l/min auxiliary hydraulic circuit at 22.5 MPa working pressure
• Rubber tracks, ground pressure 52.16 kPa, two travel speeds