The front-mounted ladder provides easy access to the engine radiator on the latest version of the CT12 crawler truck and is one of a number of updates designed to make life easier for drainage contractors.
Others include mounting the hydraulic oil cooler independently to the engine radiator, and both have opening grills for easy access and cleaning. Wide-opening side-mounted doors facilitate access to the 248hp Volvo Penta eight-litre six-pot Stage V block and there is also a new central greasing system.
Inside the cab, the layout of the operator controls have been improved, and new on the options list is a 360-degree surround camera view.
The larger full-width tipping hopper makes an easier target when loading, and the operator can see into the hopper when the cab is raised to its highest position.
The 180-degree swing conveyor allows material to be backfilled directly into a trench or the hopper mounted on the trencher.
