JCB
JCB 3TS-8W Teleskid
The JCB 3TS-8W is the wheeled version of the Teleskid - the only skid steer on the market with a telescopic boom. It lifts 3,208 lbs to a 13'3" hinge pin, reaches 8 feet forward, and digs 3 feet below grade, all from a 74 hp no-DPF machine with JCB's single-arm PowerBoom and side-door entry.
Specifications
Features
Pros
- ✓The 13'3" lift height and 8 feet of forward reach are unmatched by any wheeled skid steer - it loads high-sided grain trucks, stacks bales three-high, and reaches across trailers like a small telehandler.
- ✓It digs 3 feet below grade with the boom extended, something no conventional skid steer can do, covering light trenching and pit-loading without an excavator.
- ✓The single-arm PowerBoom and side-entry door mean operators never climb over the attachment, and the 270-degree field of vision beats any twin-arm rival.
- ✓The 74 hp JCB EcoMAX diesel needs no DPF or DEF, so no regen cycles interrupt work and there's no emissions fluid to manage.
- ✓Wheels make it cheaper to buy and run than the tracked 3TS-8T - no undercarriage to wear out - while keeping the same telescopic boom capability.
- ✓On pavement, concrete, and packed yards it travels faster and turns without the surface damage tracks cause, which is exactly where teleskid buyers on farms and in recycling operate.
- ✓The cab is roughly 33% larger than the class average with standard climate control and switchable ISO/H-pattern controls.
- ✓One machine replaces a skid steer, telehandler, and forklift for many farm and yard operations, which is a compelling total-cost argument.
Cons
- ✗Capacity drops from 3,208 lbs retracted to 1,300 lbs at full extension, so the boom's headline reach carries real load limits.
- ✗Wheels sacrifice the flotation and muddy-ground capability of the tracked 3TS-8T, limiting it on soft sites and torn-up dirt.
- ✗At 9,859 lbs it's heavy for a wheeled machine of this capacity, pushing trailer requirements up compared to conventional skid steers.
- ✗The telescopic boom adds slide pads, internal hoses, and an extension cylinder that fixed-boom machines never need serviced.
- ✗Around $80,000 to start, it costs substantially more than conventional wheeled skid steers with similar lift capacity.
- ✗JCB's compact-equipment dealer network is thinner than Bobcat's or Cat's across rural America, and the specialized boom really wants dealer service.
- ✗The left-side door is the only entry, so parking tight on that side locks you out of the cab.
- ✗Resale is harder to predict because used telescopic-boom skid steers remain a niche market with fewer buyers.
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