Anyone seen this machine-Mauldin M415XT

[930dreamer]

Motor grader, loader, ripper plus aux remotes fromt and back.

M415XT - Mauldin Paving Products

10' Moldboard, 3/4 yd3 Bucket, 84" Scarifier 118 HP Turbo-Charged and After-cooled Diesel Engine All-Wheel Hydrostatic, Two-Speed Drive Front and Rear Universal

www.4amauldin.com

 

[Augus7us]

That looks like the shopsmith of backhoes...

Sorry, it just looks built cheap to me. That said I have never heard of one or anything like it. My opinion is based solely on that photo

 

[930dreamer]

Letsdig18 YouTube channel was delivered one to demo;

 

[txvwnut]

What would be your use for it? We have a small blade at the day job and all the operators hate it. With a ten foot board set at an angle to do grading your not much wider than a box blade then add to it that it’s a hydro-stat drive and small tires it really doesn’t give the pushing power you need to move material.

 

[Firebrick43]

I have seen one, dad has operated one. Does everything you could want, in a half a$$ed way. Multitools are rarely function well, just like a shopsmith is for the most part ****.

 

[Bighead38]

Other than paving guys or snow plowing I don’t see it being very popular.

 

[Sportsman762]

They are geared towards pavers. The original maintainer was by Huber, they developed the concept in the 40's, and started putting loaders on the in the 60's.
The Mauldin design started as a Puckett, then became Alitec, then Mauldin, same design, just kept getting bought out. Champion also made one for a little.

 

[Firebrick43]

They are geared towards pavers. The original maintainer was by Huber, they developed the concept in the 40's, and started putting loaders on the in the 60's.
The Mauldin design started as a Puckett, then became Alitec, then Mauldin, same design, just kept getting bought out. Champion also made one for a little.

Don't forget Gehl, they marketed it as a 690 for a time(maybe still do?) That is the flavor I have been around

 

[Sportsman762]

Don't forget Gehl, they marketed it as a 690 for a time(maybe still do?) That is the flavor I have been around

Did not know Gehl made a maintainer. Thanks for that info.

 

[Firebrick43]

Did not know Gehl made a maintainer. Thanks for that info.

I am pretty sure they don't. Its a rebranded alitec, or mauldin. There is a lot of rebranding that goes on to fill out product line in the small equipment business.

 

[txvwnut]

So I watched the video and that moldboard must be used by everybody as it’s exactly like the one on the PSI built machine at the day job. What he did in the video was about as heavy a load as you want on it anything heavier and your drilling broken bolts out to replace the clips that hold the moldboard on.

 

[PugetDude]

Looks like a great machine for a landscaper who does a lot of paver driveways.

 

[930dreamer]

I probably could do everything I needed to do at the shop with this but I'd still need a backhoe or excavator for digging water lines.