Romania is an important agricultural power in Southeast Europe, with vast black land farmland and a constantly developing modern agricultural system. With the continuous promotion of the EU’s common agricultural policy and the continuous injection of the European Fund, the Romanian agricultural field is accelerating the transformation towards mechanization and intelligence. As a multi-functional equipment integrating the functions of forklifts, loaders and aerial work platforms, agricultural telehandlers are increasingly used in the field of European agriculture. Recently, EPDAS successfully delivered a T3507 telehandler forklift to an agricultural enterprise in Romania. The equipment accurately covers the whole process of agricultural production of the customer’s enterprise throughout the year.
The penetration trend of Chinese agricultural machinery brands in the Romanian market provides an industry foundation for this transaction. At present, Chinese brands such as LOVOL and YTO have gradually penetrated into the Romanian small tractor market with their cost-effective advantages. However, in the field of medium and high-end large-scale agricultural equipment, the technical recognition and after-sales service network of Chinese agricultural machinery brands still need to be improved. At present, the market share is not 5%. The demand for medium and high-end multi-functional telescopic forklifts in the Romanian market is in a cycle of rapid growth. This demand is highly matched with the core products of EPDAS, providing a key industry foundation for this cross-border cooperation.
This purchaser is a local agricultural comprehensive enterprise in Romania. Its business covers the whole industrial chain links such as large-scale grain cultivation, animal husbandry, grain warehousing and logistics, and primary processing of agricultural products. The business scope covers the major agricultural production areas in southern and central Romania. With the acceleration of agricultural modernization in Romania and the further expansion of the scale of farm planting and breeding, the functional limitations of the existing old imported equipment of enterprises have obviously constrained their production efficiency.
First, the equipment function scenario is single. The original equipment of the enterprise can only complete simple fork loading and transshipment work, and cannot cover the needs of multi-scene operations such as grain stacking, winter snow removal, and high-altitude maintenance. It has to purchase multiple additional equipment with different functions, which greatly increases the cost of equipment procurement and operation and maintenance;
Second, the passability of the original equipment is insufficient. The field roads and warehouse passages in most farms in Romania are relatively narrow, and the field soil is sticky, and the rainy season is prone to muddy road conditions. The original equipment has a large turning radius and weak off-road passability. It lacks flexibility when working in fields and warehouses, which often delays the agricultural season;
Third, the emission standards of old equipment are lagging behind, which cannot meet the latest emission requirements of the European Union for agricultural equipment, and it is difficult to apply for local agricultural machinery upgrade subsidies;
Fourth, the response speed of the service provider of the original equipment of the enterprise is slow. After the failure of the equipment, it takes several days for the service provider to arrive for maintenance, resulting in a long interruption of the operation during the busy agricultural season, resulting in significant economic losses.
Basic performance requirements; the equipment must have the core performance of heavy load, large inclination and long-distance safe operation – specifically, the rated load capacity needs to reach 3.5 tons, the maximum lifting height needs to reach 7 meters, and the safety carrying capacity is not less than 1250 kilograms at the maximum horizontal extension distance. ; At the same time, it must be adapted to the narrow field roads, warehouse spaces, and muddy and soft field terrain of Romanian farms to ensure the flexibility and passability of the operation.
Power and emission requirements; In order to meet the latest EU agricultural equipment emission regulations and the conditions for applying for local environmental protection subsidies in Romania, the equipment must be equipped with the mainstream Perkins Euro 5 emission standard engine in the market; at the same time, the power output of the engine must match the heavy load and long-term continuous operation conditions in the Romanian field. , ensure that the equipment can maintain a stable power output at full load.
Adaptation requirements; Based on the annual operation needs of enterprises covering grain planting, warehousing, animal husbandry and other scenarios, customers require equipment to support a full set of multi-functional accessories, and all accessories must be accurately matched with the mainframe of the equipment, and the bearing capacity and structural strength can be adapted to long-term heavy-duty operations; at the same time, in order to improve the With switching efficiency, all tools must support the hydraulic quick installation structure, which can complete the switching without additional tools, reducing the time consumption of scene switching.
Operation efficiency requirements; In order to adapt to the short-time and high-intensity operation needs of the busy season, the power system and hydraulic system of the agricultural telehandler must be reasonably matched. Under the premise of ensuring the safety of the operation, the time consumption of individual actions such as arm lifting, descending and stretching should be controlled within the reasonable range of the industry, and the operation efficiency of the whole machine composite action is also There should be a significant improvement.
Durability and passability requirements; Considering that the outdoor operating environment of Romanian farms is very harsh, the main steel structural parts of the equipment must have high strength and high torsion resistance, and can withstand the high-intensity impact caused by heavy-load operations; the ground clearance, turning radius, approach angle and other passable parameters of the equipment must be adapted to Roman The narrow field roads, warehouse spaces, and muddy and soft field terrain of the sub-farm.
Verification of the authenticity and production capacity of suppliers; customers have natural concerns about the qualification of the source factory of cross-border cooperation, and are worried that the cooperation target is the intermediary rather than the source production enterprise. It is required that the actual production capacity of EPDAS must be verified on the spot in an all-round way, as well as the relevant production qualifications of the enterprise and past overseas customers. Cases, especially related project cases in the EU market.
Customized production cycle and delivery time limit; Due to the strict time limit of the agricultural operation window, the customer clearly requires that the production, delivery and customs clearance of customized equipment must be completed within the agreed time to ensure that the normal operation plan of the farm is not affected.
Payment security risk guarantee; cross-border fund security is the core concern of customers, requiring the adoption of payment conditions that are more guaranteed for the safety of their own funds to ensure the safe and controllable flow of transaction funds.
Equipment quality and factory inspection; the customer requires that after the production of the equipment is completed, the customized equipment must be fully loaded inspected in the factory by the third-party inspection institution designated by it or its authorized on-site factory inspectors before delivery.
EU compliance document system guarantee; As an EU member, Romania has mandatory compliance requirements for imported industrial equipment, and customers must have complete import documents that meet EU standards; therefore, customers require factories to provide a complete set of documents that meet Romanian import standards.
Full-link after-sales service support; customers are worried that the telescopic handler Romania fails during the busy agricultural season, and the supplier cannot provide timely after-sales service support, which will lead to long-term downtime and major economic losses. It is required that the after-sales maintenance response of the equipment is timely, the spare parts supply cycle is short, and at the same time, a clear long-term quality guarantee and local Quick maintenance support plan.
T3507 telehandler is a compact and efficient model in the EPDAS telescopic boom forklift product line, which is specially designed to achieve efficient operation in a limited space.
| Parameter item | T3507 specification |
| Rated starting weight | 3500kg |
| Maximum lifting height | 7000mm |
| The maximum working distance | 3600mm |
| The size of the whole vehicle (excluding forks) | 4730×2390×2485mm |
| Fork size | 1220×150×50mm (automatic leveling fork) |
| Driving speed | 28km/h |
| Maximum climbing ability | 25° |
| Tyre | 16/70-20 pneumatic tires |
With a rated lifting weight of 3.5 tons and a lifting height of 7 meters, T3507 can easily cope with a variety of scenarios such as farm grain loading and unloading, high-altitude palletization, and high-altitude operation. The effective operation distance of 3.6 meters means that the equipment can complete a certain distance of material handling without moving the car body, which greatly improves the operation efficiency.
As a compact device, the 3.5 ton telehandler has a very small turning radius while ensuring strong performance, and supports three modes: two-wheel steering, four-wheel steering and crab steering. This characteristic allows it to operate flexibly in limited spaces such as narrow farm passages and granaries.
Replace the standard configuration engine of the equipment with the Perkins Euro 5 emission standard engine required by the customer. This engine is an internationally recognized power source for high-end forklifts and construction machinery. It is widely used in the field of construction machinery such as global telescopic boom forklifts. Its maturity and reliability have been long-term verified by the global market; the The rated power of the engine reaches 76kW, and the maximum torque can be output in the low-speed range of 1500rpm. The power reserve is abundant. The torque output at low speed is higher, and the power output at heavy load start and continuous operation is stronger, which can fully adapt to the heavy load and long-term continuous operation in the Romanian field. Working conditions, and meet the relevant environmental protection and emission requirements under the European Union Machinery Regulation No. 2023/1230.
In response to the needs of customers covering the whole process of agricultural production throughout the year, EPDAS has customized a complete set of exclusive equipment combination for it. The structure and size of all equipment are perfectly matched with the basic performance of telescopic handler with attachments, truly realizing the multi-use of one machine. It covers all the operation scenario needs of the customer’s enterprise.
2.55m³ grain bucket (width 2400mm); it adopts thickened high-strength wear-resistant steel plate material, and the overall structural strength is higher. During grain loading, transshipment and stacking operations, deformation, wear and other problems are not easy to occur, which can greatly improve the efficiency of transshipment loading and unloading of grain materials;
3-ton-class wooden fork: the tooth body is forged of high-strength alloy steel, and the load capacity and structural strength are fully adapted to the heavy-load operation needs of customers. It is mainly used for the grasping, loading, unloading and transshipment of long rod materials in the farm, such as straw, feed, wood and pipes;
4000kg adjustment fork (no side shifter): According to the size of the actual pallet goods, the spacing of the fork can be freely adjusted, adapt to pallet goods of different widths, and accurately complete the stacking, loading and unloading of heavy pallet goods, as well as the disassembly and handling of large agricultural equipment parts in the farm;
2000mm straight plate snow pusher: with automatic buffering function, it can achieve efficient snow removal effect in winter snow removal operations around the internal roads of the farm and warehouses, while avoiding the impact on the equipment caused by the difference in the height of the road surface and damaging the hydraulic system of the equipment;
2.4×0.8×1.2-meter high-altitude work platform: for a fully enclosed safety guardrail structure, the splicing part of the guardrail adopts high-strength welding technology, and the safety performance meets the relevant standards of the European Union, which can safely send operators to an operating height of up to 7 meters.
EPDAS is a special vehicle manufacturing enterprise that mainly develops and produces multi-functional factory direct telehandlers. The company has established a professional telescopic boom forklift production base in China, focusing on the professional production of multi-series and differentiated telescopic boom forklift products. The production base is large-scale, integrating research and development production, precision assembly, strict inspection, orderly delivery and other core links.
EPDAS has established a complete quality control system. Multiple inspections are set up when raw materials enter the factory. From structural welding, arm processing to hydraulic system assembly, each link has an inspection node. All finished products must undergo a series of strict inspections such as load test, stability test, hydraulic test and safety system test before leaving the factory to ensure that the performance and safety of the equipment under various complex working conditions remain stable.
EPDAS has a modern production base and a complete production line. From raw material processing, welding, assembly to finished product inspection, the whole process is independently controlled. The whole process of the production line is transparent. Customers can comprehensively verify the authenticity and manufacturing ability of the supplier through the whole process of factory real shooting, production line visit, welding process observation, assembly process witness, equipment test participation, finished product inspection supervision, delivery on-site witness, etc.
EPDAS products have passed a number of international authoritative certifications. At present, EPDAS telescopic boom forklifts have been exported to more than 20 countries and regions such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, providing equipment solutions for local key engineering projects.
EU CE certification: certified according to EN 1459 series standards and EU Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. CE certification is the mandatory access certification for telescopic forklifts to enter the EU market, which means that the CE certified telehandler meets the strict technical standards of the EU in terms of design, manufacturing, safety and other aspects, and can enter the European market without barriers.
ANSI certification: meets the North American market access standards.
Stage V emission standards: The Perkins engine equipped with T3507 meets the strictest non-road mobile machinery emission standards in Europe.
EU EC type certification: Some models have been approved by the EU EC type and have legal road traction capabilities.
EPDAS has continued to cultivate in the European market in recent years and has made remarkable progress. With Serbia as the fulcrum of the Eastern European market, EPDAS gradually builds a sales and service network covering Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Southern Europe, breaking down geographical barriers and quickly responding to the needs of customers all over Europe. Through in-depth study of the equipment needs of different countries and scenarios, customized solutions are launched. In addition to Europe, EPDAS products have been successfully delivered to Canada, Chile, Russia and other countries and regions.
EPDAS provides customers with real-life photos and videos of the factory, open production line visits, displays the whole process of welding/assembly/testing, provides finished product inspection reports, shows the actual delivery site, provides a full set of qualification documents of the company, presents CE and other international certification documents, and shows real customer equipment use cases. Clarify the production cycle estimate of 35-40 days, fully consider the impact of engine and raw material supply, promise a stable delivery cycle within 60 days, and regularly inform customers of the production progress.
Provide a full set of procurement documents that meet the requirements of the European Fund audit, formal contracts and quotations, CE certification documents, product HS codes, company manufacturer certificates, a full set of customs clearance documents required for import, clear warranty terms, clear production cycle instructions, and secure payment terms arrangements. Fully cooperate with the customer to inspect the goods before delivery, provide a complete quality inspection report, and ensure that the performance indicators of the equipment are in accordance with the contract.
The Romanian customer’s T3507 customized transaction project is essentially a double success of “trust docking + scenario customization ability”; EPDAS fully responds to the customer’s supply with real manufacturer identity, transparent production management, perfect certification system and standardized document support. Core concerns such as the authenticity of the business, the compliance of contract documents, the reliability of the production cycle, and the security of payment.
From Serbia to Romania, EPDAS is steadily building the brand image of “trustworthy partner” in the European market. In the future, EPDAS will continue to adhere to the concept of quality-oriented and innovation-driven, provide global customers with better telescopic forklift products and more professional service support, and strive to become a leading manufacturer in China’s telescopic forklift industry and a reliable partner in the global construction machinery industry.
