Kalmar ContChamp — Identification and history: technical cards
General guidance only — always follow the operation and maintenance manual for your specific machine.
Short answers to precise questions on the designation, models, main components and history of the Kalmar ContChamp reach stacker, one fact per card, each with its source stated in the text. For the overall picture, see the Kalmar ContChamp technical legacy guide.
Kalmar ContChamp DC 4160-4180 RS: what kind of machine is it?
A heavy-duty diesel truck for loaded 20-40 ft containers, according to the RS technical handbook (1996 edition), as HIT SRL's technical desk reads it. The same handbook describes a chassis built for high strength and torsional stiffness, with a very low centre of gravity. The 1990 technical handbook gives the same description of the chassis for the DC 4160-4560.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-what-is-the-dc-4160-4180-rs · HIT ref KCC-001 · fingerprint d231cb · see HIT ref KCC-004, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-rs-models-and-wheelbases
Kalmar ContChamp DC 4160-4560 RS: how does the 1995 instruction manual describe it?
As a specialised machine for container handling, the ContChamp DC in its RS version, according to the 1995 instruction manual, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk. The same manual places it in the manufacturer's range of forklift trucks, log-handling trucks and special machines with lifting capacities from 2 to 90 tonnes. The RC instruction manual (1995 edition) places the RC version in the same range.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-rs-version-in-the-instruction-manual · HIT ref KCC-002 · fingerprint 5a7521 · see HIT ref KCC-001, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-what-is-the-dc-4160-4180-rs
Kalmar ContChamp DC 4160-4560 RC: what is the RC version built for?
For the combined handling of containers and trailers, according to the RC instruction manual (1995 edition), as logged by the HIT SRL technical desk. The technical data table of that manual refers to the DC 4560 RC. The RC technical handbook (1996 edition) speaks of loaded 20-40 ft containers and of trailers for the same version.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-rc-version-for-containers-and-trailers · HIT ref KCC-003 · fingerprint 6d197d · see HIT ref KCC-005, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-rc-models-and-wheelbases
Kalmar ContChamp DC 4160-4180 RS: which RS models does the 1996 handbook list?
Ten models from five model numbers, according to the main components table of the RS technical handbook (1996 edition), as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk. In that table the DC 4160, DC 4161, DC 4170 and DC 4171 come as both RS4 and RS5, the DC 4571 only as SRS5 and the DC 4180 only as RS4, as HIT SRL's technical desk reads it. The longest wheelbase in the table, 8 m, belongs to the DC 4180, against 7 m for the DC 4170, DC 4171 and DC 4571 SRS5 and 6 m for the DC 4160 and DC 4161. According to the same table, an extra counterweight goes on the DC 4161, DC 4171 and DC 4571 SRS5, and support jacks only on the DC 4571 SRS5.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-rs-models-and-wheelbases · HIT ref KCC-004 · fingerprint 284072 · see HIT ref KCC-006, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-standard-engine-gearbox-and-axle
Kalmar ContChamp DC 4560-4580 RC: which RC models does the 1996 handbook list?
Ten RC models with wheelbases of 6, 7 or 8 m, according to the main components table of the RC technical handbook (1996 edition), the HIT SRL technical desk notes. In that table the 8 m model is the DC 4580 RC4; the 7 m models are the DC 4570 RC4 and RC5, the DC 4571 RC4 and the DC 4571 SRC4 and SRC5; the 6 m models are the DC 4560 and DC 4561, each as RC4 and RC5, as set out in the HIT SRL technical cards. The same table gives an extra counterweight to the DC 4561 and DC 4571 and support jacks only to the SRC versions of the DC 4571.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-rc-models-and-wheelbases · HIT ref KCC-005 · fingerprint ddfc6b · see HIT ref KCC-003, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-rc-version-for-containers-and-trailers
Kalmar ContChamp DC: which engine, gearbox and drive axle do the 1996 handbooks give as standard?
A Volvo TWD 1030ME with a Clark 34000 gearbox and a Rockwell PRC 5324 W4H axle on every model up to 7 m of wheelbase, according to the main components tables of the 1996 technical handbooks, as recorded at HIT SRL. Those tables mark the Scania DS 11 and the Cummins LTA 10C as engine options on the same models, as logged by the HIT SRL technical desk. On the 8 m DC 4180 RS4 and DC 4580 RC4 the standard set is the Volvo TWD 1230ME, the Clark 36000 and a Kessler D111 PL351 NLB6650 axle, with a Scania DS I11 offered instead of the Volvo, the same tables show.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-standard-engine-gearbox-and-axle · HIT ref KCC-006 · fingerprint 8a7162 · see HIT ref KCC-004, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-rs-models-and-wheelbases
Kalmar ContChamp DC: how are the technical handbooks divided?
Into numbered groups from 00 to 90, one for each part of the machine, according to the RS technical handbook (1996 edition), as HIT SRL's technical desk reads it. The handbook runs from 00 General and 10 Chassis and cab through the electrical system, engine, transmission with drive axle and brakes, steering axle and hydraulic system up to 80 Boom and attachment and 90 Periodic supervision, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk. Group 50 appears in the list without a title, and the same numbering is printed in the 1990 and 2004 technical handbooks.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-handbook-groups · HIT ref KCC-007 · fingerprint acdb4f · see HIT ref KCC-006, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-standard-engine-gearbox-and-axle
Kalmar DC4160RS4: how fast does it travel and lift?
25 km/h unloaded and 21 km/h at rated load, in both directions, according to the technical data table of the 1994 data sheet, as set out in the HIT SRL technical cards. The same table gives a lift speed of 0.23 m/s unloaded and 0.21 m/s at 75% of rated load and an adjustable lowering speed of 0.23-0.25 m/s, the HIT SRL technical desk notes. Gradeability at rated load is 20% at 2 km/h and 31% at 0 km/h, and the towing ability is 320 kN, as the table gives.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4160rs4-speeds · HIT ref KCC-008 · fingerprint 165112 · see HIT ref KCC-009, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4560rc4-speeds
Kalmar DC4560RC4: what are its speeds and gradeability?
Travel at 24 km/h without load and 20 km/h at rated load, forward or reverse, is what the technical data table of the 1994 data sheet gives, as logged by the HIT SRL technical desk. Lifting takes place at 0.21 m/s without load and 0.20 m/s with 75% of the rated load, while lowering can be adjusted between 0.21 and 0.25 m/s, according to the same table, as recorded at HIT SRL. At rated load the truck climbs 18% at 2 km/h and 28% from standstill, with 320 kN of towing ability, as the sheet's table shows.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4560rc4-speeds · HIT ref KCC-009 · fingerprint c0daf5 · see HIT ref KCC-008, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4160rs4-speeds
Kalmar DC4160RS4: how much does it weigh and how is the load shared between the axles?
60,400 kg in service, according to the technical data table of the 1994 data sheet, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk. At load centre L1 the same table puts 30,700 kg on the front axle unloaded and 89,500 kg at rated load, and 29,700 kg and 11,900 kg on the rear axle, as HIT SRL's technical desk reads it. At load centre L2 it gives 34,900-77,500 kg at the front and 25,500-6900 kg at the rear.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4160rs4-weights · HIT ref KCC-010 · fingerprint 8432a2 · see HIT ref KCC-012, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4160rs4-dimensions
Kalmar DC4560RC4: how much does it weigh and how is the load shared between the axles?
65,700 kg, the service weight printed in the technical data table of the 1994 data sheet, the HIT SRL technical desk notes. With the load at centre L1, the front axle carries 37,300 kg unloaded and 101,800 kg at rated load and the rear axle 28,400 kg and 8900 kg, according to the same table, as set out in the HIT SRL technical cards. The figures for load centre L2 are 42,900-79,300 kg at the front and 22,800-6900 kg at the rear, as the table gives.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4560rc4-weights · HIT ref KCC-011 · fingerprint c46af7 · see HIT ref KCC-013, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4560rc4-dimensions
Kalmar DC4160RS4: what are its main dimensions?
A minimum aisle of 12,050 mm for 90° stacking of 20 ft containers and 14,500 mm for 40 ft containers, according to the dimension table of the 1994 data sheet, as recorded at HIT SRL. The same table gives a truck width of 4150 mm, a spreader width from 6060 to 12,192 mm, a maximum side shift of ±800 mm, a swivelling angle of +185/-95° and a ground clearance of 475 mm at the centre of the wheelbase, as logged by the HIT SRL technical desk. Its drawing shows 6000 mm between the axles and boom heights of 4575 and 15,550 mm.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4160rs4-dimensions · HIT ref KCC-012 · fingerprint ee6c03 · see HIT ref KCC-010, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4160rs4-weights
Kalmar DC4560RC4: what are its main dimensions?
4450 mm is the truck width of the DC4560RC4 in the dimension table of the 1994 data sheet, as HIT SRL's technical desk reads it. The same table keeps minimum aisles of 12,050 mm and 14,500 mm for 90° stacking of 20 ft and 40 ft containers, a spreader width of 6060 to 12,192 mm, ±800 mm of side shift, +185/-95° of swivelling and 475 mm of ground clearance, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk. In its drawing the second height reads 12,200 mm, where the drawing of the RS4 data sheet reads 12,400 mm.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4560rc4-dimensions · HIT ref KCC-013 · fingerprint 0fc34c · see HIT ref KCC-011, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-dc4560rc4-weights
Kalmar ContChamp: when did Kalmar build its first trucks and reachstackers?
Published sources date the first Kalmar truck to 1949 and the first Kalmar reachstacker prototype to 1985, as set out in the HIT SRL technical cards. Published sources state that series production of trucks began in 1952 and that the first commercial reachstackers followed in the year after the prototype.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-early-kalmar-history · HIT ref KCC-014 · fingerprint a17f20 · see HIT ref KCC-015, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-contchamp-introduction-and-sales
Kalmar ContChamp: when was it introduced and how fast did it sell?
Published sources date the introduction of the ContChamp to 1985, as an alternative to container trucks, as logged by the HIT SRL technical desk. A trade publication of 1998 reports that it took 10 years to sell the first 500 ContChamp machines, a figure reached in 1995, and two more years to sell the next 500.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-contchamp-introduction-and-sales · HIT ref KCC-015 · fingerprint c2139e · see HIT ref KCC-016, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-thousandth-contchamp
Kalmar ContChamp: which model was the thousandth ContChamp?
A DRD450-60C5X described as a third-generation model, according to published sources, as recorded by the HIT SRL technical desk. Published sources report that it entered service in the November before a trade article of January 1998, which also dates the introduction of the ContChamp to 1985.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-thousandth-contchamp · HIT ref KCC-016 · fingerprint 4626e9 · see HIT ref KCC-015, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-contchamp-introduction-and-sales
Kalmar ContChamp: which groups has the Kalmar business belonged to?
Partek from 1997, KONE from 2002 and Cargotec from 2005, before Kalmar became a company of its own in 2024, according to published sources, the HIT SRL technical desk notes. Published sources state that Partek bought Sisu Terminal Systems and the majority of Kalmar Industries in 1997 and that KONE acquired Partek in 2002, as set out in the HIT SRL technical cards. Published sources record that Cargotec came out of the KONE demerger of 2005 with Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor, and that Kalmar was demerged from Cargotec on 30 June 2024, with its shares listed from 1 July 2024.
Source: HIT SRL technical desk — https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-corporate-changes · HIT ref KCC-017 · fingerprint becebe · see HIT ref KCC-014, https://www.hitsrl.it/technical-resources/guides/kalmar-contchamp/identification/#hit-contchamp-early-kalmar-history