“If you look after something properly, then it’ll look after you”
Mally is more than at home in the machine’s cab although sometimes a heater would be appreciated!
season. It’s got plenty of grunt and easily penetrates the sugar beet in the clamps.” Mally estimates that since purchasing the machine 21 years ago he’s added another 4000 trouble free hours to the machine for which he originally paid £7000. “It’s paid me back tenfold.” says Mally. And the LM841 is deployed around several farms in the Kings Lynn area loading Mally’s bulk trailer which incidentally is Volvo powered by a seven year old FH13. “I wouldn’t drive anything else,” continues Mally. “Dad bought our first Volvo when I was still at school. It was an F86 and was a solid reliable tractor which was followed by F88’s, F10’s, an FH12 and an FH10 which was his pride and joy before he sadly passed away.” Mally now manages the haulage of sugar beet to the Wissington facility from the King’s Lynn area throughout the season and takes responsibility for loading and screening the beet on behalf of local farmers before transporting it to the factory.
The LM841 is pretty much dedicated to the purpose of loading sugar beet and has the original beet basket fitted, although when needed it also has the original general purpose bucket for other uses. From the very start of wheeled loader production back in the 1950’s with the HM10 model, Volvo loading shovels have benefitted from the use of an attachment bracket and the LM841 is no exception. Of course today these are hydraulically operated but back in the 1970’s swapping attachments involved the use of a mechanical type of hitch. The 4x4 LM841 machine has a weight of 9870kg, a carrying capacity of 4000kg and a straight ahead tipping load of 4300kg. It has a maximum lifting height of 3.1m under the tipped bucket and a load over height of 3.9m, whilst hydraulic pump capacity provides a flow of 220 litres per minute and a working pressure of just 100kp/cm2. The machine benefits not only from a Volvo engine, but Volvo powertrain components including a powershift transmission offering 4 speeds forward and reverse with a mechanical diff lock for the front axle. Unlike many old machines of this vintage, Mally is quite chuffed that the working lights, brake lights and indicators are all in good working order and looking around the machine it’s obvious to see that it has been well looked after. And the age old adage is true: ‘If you look after something properly, then
it’ll look after you’ - something Mally Howling can be justly proud of with this vintage but still very much reliable piece of Volvo machinery.
Mally Howling at the controls of his LM841 loads his FH13 rig with another load of sugar beet destined for the Wissington factory
“It’s paid me back tenfold. I wouldn’t drive anything else”
24 THE VOICE MAGAZINE No26 2016
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