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A 738 kg stand-on tracked loader rated at 850 kg, running a standard skid-steer attachment plate at 30 L/min — so the same machine takes a bucket, forks, a grapple or an auger.
Price includes UK VAT at 20% (£550) and free delivery to the UK mainland.
Item code BF-VG850 · new, unregistered, UK stock
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Built for the job
The standard skid-steer plate, not a proprietary one. Any pallet fork, grapple, auger or leveller off the shelf bolts straight on.
Enough hydraulic flow to actually drive an auger or a grapple, not just lift a bucket. Undersized flow is where cheap loaders fail.
On a domestic job you are off the machine every few minutes for a gate or a level check. Standing on means stepping off, not climbing out.
Through a double gate and onto a standard plant trailer without a wide-load plate or a special order.
Spreads 738 kg across two rubber tracks, so it works on wet clay and crosses a lawn that a wheeled loader would tear up.
Counter-rotates within its own length. In a back garden that is the difference between working and shunting.
Full specification
| Model | BranchForge Vanguard 850 SL |
|---|---|
| Rated operating capacity | 850 kg |
| Tipping load | 1700 kg |
| Lift height to hinge pin | 1720 mm |
| Engine | V-twin OHV petrol, 764 cc |
| Rated power | 23 hp (17 kW) |
| Starting | Electric with recoil back-up |
| Fuel capacity | 26 litres |
| Auxiliary hydraulic flow | 30 L/min at 172 bar |
| Attachment plate | Universal skid-steer quick-attach |
| Standard bucket | 600 mm general purpose, bolt-on teeth |
| Drive | Hydrostatic, independent track control |
| Travel speed | 0–6.4 km/h |
| Maximum gradient | 30 degrees |
| Track width | 180 mm rubber |
| Overall width | 890 mm |
| Overall length | 2.42 m |
| Overall height | 1.28 m |
| Operating weight | 738 kg |
| Noise level | 99 dB(A) at operator position |
| Warranty | 2 years parts, 1 year engine (manufacturer-backed) |
Specifications are nominal and may vary slightly by production batch. Shipping weight 738 kg, crated 255 x 100 x 140 cm.
Questions
Yes, if they use the universal skid-steer quick-attach plate, which is the common standard in the UK. Check the hydraulic flow requirement too — this machine gives 30 L/min, so anything specified above that will run slowly.
850 kg is the rated operating capacity, which is the figure you should work to. The static tipping load is 1700 kg. Rated capacity is conventionally half the tipping load — be wary of any seller quoting the tipping load as the lift.
No legal licence to own or use one on private land. For paid work on a commercial site most principal contractors will want a CPCS or NPORS card for compact plant. That is a site-access requirement, not a legal one, and we do not provide certification.
738 kg operating weight, 890 mm wide. That fits a 2000 kg+ plant trailer comfortably. Ramps and ratchet straps are supplied in the crate. Check your trailer plate and your licence entitlement before loading.
Typically 800–1200 hours on mixed ground, much less on hardcore and kerbs. A spare track is supplied in the crate and replacements are £245 including VAT from our UK stock.
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