Farms & Farm Machinery #385

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local champion
Wangaratta-based
manufacturer Burder Ag
Attachments builds tough
loaders for Australian
conditions – right down
to individual needs
Above: Burder’s range of front end
loaders can be customised to meet
the unique needs of every buyer
Burder’s Millennium
locking system allows the
loader to be detached
from a tractor in three
minutes without the use
of tools.
As one of Australia’s leading manufacturers of custom-built
front end loaders and forklifts, Burder chief executive
Adam Fendyk says the company’s fortunes rise and fall with
those of the nation’s farmers.
And in recent years, those farmers have taken a battering –
with uncertainty from droughts driving down their profits and in
turn denting demand for machinery.
Australian manufacturing has faced its own set of challenges
on top of this, with more and more production heading
overseas on the promise of cheaper costs.
While Burder has followed national trends of importing some
overseas brands, including the German-made Stoll range of
front-end loaders, over 90 per cent of its products are made
onsite in Wangaratta.
The company specialises in the bespoke manufacturing of
front end loaders, forklifts and attachments to meet the needs
of Australian farmers.
Fendyk says the company’s 30 years of experience has
taught them that customers don’t always want to buy a
mass-made product.
“You need to be flexible and have the ability to customise
through engineered designs and a well-built product,” he says.
And that’s part of the downside of buying from a foreign
manufacturer, he says – the loss of a local perspective that
diminishes any short-term savings.
As one of Wangaratta’s biggest employers, Burder’s capacity to
customise its products for individual client needs is the best –
and their speed to the local market is unrivalled.
While an overseas manufacturer might take months to build
the right attachment – not to mention shipping delays in a time
of COVID-19 – Burder can have a loader made and fitted to your
machines within three weeks.
On top of this, all the company’s models are fitted with
mechanical self-levelling systems, which help to save the lives
of Australian farmers and increase the production output of the
front end loader.
Fendyk says that working closely with Australian farmers
helps the company, which also has bases in Port Kennedy and
Toowoomba, to develop products that are tough and reliable.
“If Australian-made goods are robust and fit for purpose but
they’re 10 per cent more expensive, it’s really not that much,”
he says.
Burder’s eponymous range of front end loaders is available in
a range of shapes and sizes, suitable for tractors of between
15 and 200 horsepower (37 to 149kW).
Models in the range are able to reach dump heights
of between 1.4m and 3.2m and weigh between 170kg
and 1,250kg.
But regardless of size, every model in the Burder loader range
is made in Australia and comes with a 24-month warranty.
Among the key features of the loaders are its hydraulic
dampeners, designed to help extend the life of the loader.
Burder’s Millennium locking system allows the loader to be
detached from a tractor in three minutes without the use of
tools – simply by unlocking and releasing a pin.
A self-latching spring mechanism known as the Quick Change
Lever System allows implements to be attached easily, though
a hydraulically operated system is also available.
The loaders also come with an easy-to-use level indicator and
through rod tilt cylinders for fast crowding and dumping.
All hydraulic fittings a e standard, for easy repair, and
maintenance requirements are lessened through the greasable
plated pins and Vesconite bushes placed in all wear points.
Burder’s budget front end loader range, known as Titan
Loaders, also come with plated greasable pins for easy
maintenance.
Titan loaders can fit t actors of between 15 and 150hp
(11 and 112kW) and weigh between 250kg and 950kg, with a
dump height of up to 3.9m.
The range also boasts robust post caps with quick detach
pins, easy-to-use stand legs and clear vision rams horns to
allow the operator a clear view.
An electric diverter and hydraulic soft ride option are both
available as optional extras.
Built with 450 tensile steel and painted with two-pack
paint, models in the Titan range come with a one-year
manufacturer’s warranty.
The loader can be operated by either a cab or ROPS joystick
and can come with either a standard bucket, a log bucket with
bolt-on ends or a 4-in-1 bucket with optional log teeth.
n Models in both the Burder and Titan ranges are available
across Australia. Contact https://burder.com.au/ for more
information.
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