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A "McHugh - Barko" Locomotive Mount Tri- Knuckle Boom Material Handier with a high elevation operators cab to provide the operator with a clear view to unload and load, hopper or high side gondola, railroad cars.

A "McHugh - Barko" Locomotive Mount Tri- Knuckle Boom Material Handier at a scrap & steel recycling facility located in Tennessee. The unit is equipped with a grapple attachment and a high elevation operators cab.

The "McHugh & Barko Hydraulics, Inc. Team" provide a Locomotive Mounted Material Handler for use on the railroads or at industrial plants.
The "McHugh-Barko" Hydraulic Three Section Knuckle Boom Material Handler Locomotive Mount, offers a different type of approach to a company that is using locomotive type mounted material handling equipment. These "McHugh-Barko" units are available with several different options and packages. The machines can be equipped with a magnet generator for magnet work, or a hydraulic grapple, and if both are required for the same unit we can provide it. The operators cab height can vary form a standard railroad elevation, to a high elevated cab for use in industrial plant operations. Barko Hydraulics, Inc. is a established and well known company that has pioneered and manufactured hydraulic knuckle boom material handlers for the paper, logging, scrap processing, and steel making, industries since the early 1960's. You can also be assured that a "McHugh - Barko" carbody, has been designed and modified to support a Barko Upper Works, and that it is a approved design of the Barko Hydraulics Engineering Department. Since 1990, with the combined expertise of both Barko Hydraulics, Inc. and the McHugh company, it has enables us to offer a locomotive mounted material handling machine that is dependable, and at a very competitive price.

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