Over the past three decades, Kanga has designed and built many different skid steer loaders to represent demands across the industry spectrum. Each have been successful so that the model lines still hold their respective places in the market today.
The Kanga range of machines is fully designed and manufactured at Digga Australia’s 12,500m² facility at Yatala, Queensland. From there it is distributed to the Australian dealers as well as to the USA, UK, South Africa and New Zealand markets.
Some of the design features of the Kanga range of Mini Skid Steers are:
- Self levelling arms ensuring safe and easy operation without load spillage
- Increased bucket dump and roll back angles making it easy to capture full loads in the bucket and keep the arms fully lowered giving the lowest centre of gravity while travelling
- Heavy gauge steel fuel tanks with enough fuel capacity to give up to three days operation
- Low centre of gravity on all machines giving extra stability on slopes.
No Kanga machines have counterweights; this means neutral weight distribution and enhances digging performance.
All machines have large hydraulic reservoirs with pressure and return filters and thermostatic oil coolers.
Other features include an ergonomic design providing better operator comfort and protection when working in confined spaces, simple control layout with soft touch controls giving less finger reach and fatigue.
All Kanga Skid Steers incorporate an auto auxiliary cut-out system. This shuts off the auxiliary power should the operator leave the machine.
The Kanga range has greasable linkage pins and bushes with a 1500hr replacement life.
They also have the largest wheel/tyre combination in their class, ranging from an 8” heavy duty wheel combination on the 2 Series to the 12” heavy duty “Bobcat size” wheel combination on the 6 and 8 Series. These wheel/tyre combinations offer the best ground clearance, pushing power, traction, machine approach and departure angles, rough terrain performance and load carrying stability.
All Kanga Mini Skid Steers are four wheel drive (no drive chains) and have a push and pull power ranging from 380kgs in the 2 Series to 1011kgs in the 8 Series.
The Kanga design has no overhung load on the wheel motor bearings and shafts; this will ensure a longer life and will also give the seals protection from damage and entanglement.
The 8 Series also has a two speed transmission.