Description
The 2020 Takeuchi TB216 is a premium, conventional tail-swing mini excavator in the 1.6 to 1.8-tonne class.
Known in the UK and Europe as an operator's favourite, it features an all-steel construction (no plastic panel wraps) and highly precise, pilot-operated hydraulic controls.
Its standout design feature is a hydraulically expandable track frame paired with a heavy-duty box-section digging arm, delivering exceptional side-lifting stability and structural durability.
Dimensions and Operating Weights
Operating Weight (Heated Cab & Rubber Tracks): 1,865 kg (4,110 lbs)
Overall Transport Length: 4,040 mm
Overall Transport Height: 2,360 mm (Standard factory cab profile)
Overall Machine Width (Tracks Retracted): 980 mm (Squeezes through standard 1-metre garden gates or pedestrian walkways)
Overall Machine Width (Tracks Extended): 1,300 mm (Hydraulically widened for an optimized digging footprint)
Standard Rubber Track Width: 230 mm
Dozer Blade Dimensions: Width adjustable from 980 mm to 1,300 mm via slide-out pin extensions; Height: 300 mm
Engine and Drivetrain
Engine Model: Yanmar 3TNV72 (Water-cooled, 4-cycle, 3-cylinder naturally aspirated diesel)
Emissions Compliance: Meets modern urban and inner-city green zone regulations (Features a mechanical injection system that requires no complex DPF soot filters or AdBlue fluid)
Gross Engine Power: 11.5 kW (15.4 HP / 15.6 PS) @ 2400 RPM
Net Engine Power: 11.1 kW (14.9 HP) @ 2400 RPM
Displacement: 0.903 L
Travel Speed: Dual-speed hydrostatic drivetrain — Low: 2.2 km/h / High: 4.2 km/h
Fuel Tank Capacity: 22 L
Operating Working Range (Standard Arm)
Maximum Digging Depth: 2,390 mm
Maximum Digging Reach (Ground Level): 4,035 mm
Maximum Dump/Unloading Height: 2,705 mm
Maximum Cutting Height: 3,740 mm
Bucket Digging/Breakout Force (ISO): 14.0 kN (1,427 kgf)
Arm Digging/Crowd Force (ISO): 7.9 kN (805 kgf)
Boom Swing Angle: 80° to the Left / 50° to the Right
Hydraulic Management System
System Design: Takeuchi's Variable Displacement Pump Layout (Automatically adjusts flow rate to reduce engine drag during combined boom and slew cycles)
Total Hydraulic Flow Capacity: 33.6 L/min (Combined dual variable piston pumps + dual gear pumps configuration)
Auxiliary Hydraulic Circuit (AUX1 Flow): 33.6 L/min (Mounted on the arm to cleanly run concrete breakers, augers, or sorting claws)
Main Relief System Pressure: 21.0 MPa (210 bar)
Core Design and Mechanical Highlights
Heavy-Duty 100% Steel Bodywork: Built with heavy pressed-steel engine side shrouds and access doors rather than plastic equivalents, ensuring high impact resistance and simple repair profiles.
Top-Mounted Boom Cylinder: The primary boom lift cylinder is completely inverted and mounted on top of the main boom arm. This shields the hydraulic ram rod from accidental bucket impacts, wall scrapes, or stones.
Serviceability Access: Features a side-opening engine hood and a swing-out radiator shroud, giving mechanics a clean access window to all critical oil filters, dipsticks, and fuel lines.
Protected Hydraulic Routing: All primary auxiliary lines and core boom hoses are routed cleanly along the spine and through the interior of the cast swing pivot block to safeguard them against snagging on trench edges.
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We can professionally arrange competitive delivery for any machine, to any address in United Kingdom, Ireland, North Ireland, Scotland and Europe at very competitive rates with our own transport. We take the utmost care to ensure that your vehicle is transported in a safe and fast way.
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