Rippa R925E

The R925E is the middle step of the range: 6,000 kg and a 1.3 m³ front bucket, which means much more material per cycle than the 4.2-tonne machine moves. It is used where the same material is handled all day — loading ballast, sand and soil, topsoil stripping, clearing pads and access roads, preparing foundations — and where the number of cycles per hour matters more than digging precision.

What sets it apart from the larger models is not the cab but how it is controlled and how much it weighs. It comes with four-wheel drive and mechanical controls, that is, direct control with fewer components than the hydraulic pilot controls on the eight-tonne machines. Its 6,000 kg gives stability when loading, yet stays below the weight of an eight-tonne machine, which is harder and more expensive to move. The cab is enclosed, with large windows, and has an adjustable suspension seat.

It is the logical purchase for a firm that has outgrown the backyard machine but does not have contracts that justify an eight-tonne machine: house builders, landscaping firms with groundworks, large farms, small gravel pits, municipal services. It travels at up to 12 km/h, so it is designed to work on site, not to cover dozens of kilometres on the road every day.

The configuration is the classic backhoe loader layout — loader bucket at the front, digging arm at the rear — and the cab is part of the standard configuration. For this model the manufacturer publishes only a few basic figures, so the remaining parameters, including the exact engine the machine leaves the factory with, are confirmed when you order: we do not put figures in the catalogue that we cannot back up.

Standard equipment

• Weight of 6,000 kg and a 1.3 m³ loader bucket
• Enclosed cab with large windows and an adjustable suspension seat
• Four-wheel drive and mechanical controls
• Full backhoe loader configuration: loader bucket at the front, digging arm at the rear
• Max. travel speed 12 km/h