TEST DRIVE
CONQUER YOUR
CABIN FEVER
Operating Liebherr’s new
T32-7 telescopic handler is as
comfortable as sitting in your
air-conditioned lounge playing
Xbox, writes Leon Louw.
E
ven in the harsh summer conditions
of southern Africa, the chances of
getting cabin fever in Liebherr’s new
T 32-7 telescopic handler, are as good as
the machines’ competitors finding and
lifting a spanner from a stack of bricks
on the third floor of a building under
construction.
I am convinced though, that this
seemingly impossible task, is completely
within reach for any of the legendary
German equipment manufacturer’s fleet of
telescopic handlers. The one requirement,
however, is a slightly better operator than
the author, who would struggle to locate the
bricks. But for more experienced operators,
accustomed to the flat and square
windscreens and closed cabin roofs of other
makes and models, the all-round visibility
of Liebherr’s offering would enable them to
not only locate the spanner, but the nuts and
bolts as well.
The windscreen’s slight curve and the
see-through roof window allows even the
most nervous first-time operator the chance
to keep an eye on the attachment and boom
from ground level all the way up to third
floor, 7m above your head. Even the higher
spec Liebherr T 33-10 boom at full stretch
(10m) is still visible from the comfortable
weight-adjustable seat in the spacious cabin
interior. An unobstructed view from the
cabin was a clear priority for the developers
of this nifty machine, and for this reason the
pivot point of the arm has been placed as
low as possible so that the driver has a clear
view both to the rear and to the right.
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In the cabin
For old-school operators used to those
hard, unmalleable, leather seats that sticks
to sweaty legs, sitting in a modern version
T 32-7 cabin must surely be a lifechanging
OCTOBER 2019
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