PRACTICAL TEST: Kramer makes a wide range of telehandlers under its own banner, as well as Scorpions for Claas and some models for Weidemann. Here we check out its 50kW/67hp side-boom handler
First job is to give a little clarification to the tested machine’s model name and colour scheme. Kramer sells this, its biggest sub-6m side boom loader, in many markets and under more than one brand name. Back home in Pfullendorf it’s painted green and called the KT256; in the UK it’s canary yellow and badged the 2506. Hence the hue of the German-spec handler featured here. Even sitting on the tallest tyres offered (405/70-20s) the 2506 is a pretty compact package, measuring just
2.03m wide and 2.04m at the top of the cab.
This suggests it’ll be right at home on the sort of livestock holding where the buildings are fairly small and the yards likewise; an idea bolstered by its tight 7.21m turning circle — and if you’re really pushed to get into low buildings, swapping to 12.5-18
tyres drops height right down to 1.98m. Crab steer and 4WS are standard, though when switching modes there’s no light to indicate when the wheels are all pointing ahead. The hydraulic force in the boom department looks OK for mucking out yards, with 2.9t lift on tap right across the range — some 0.4t more than claimed — and 3.5t of break-out force down at ground level. Maximum lift capacity is almost 4t, though this only arrives once the forks are over 4m from the ground.
