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Compact, Performance, Ultra: the widest electric tugger range on the market

Written by Georgia | Jun 22, 2026 3:12:12 PM

Load weight and environment tells you a lot about the material handling equipment you need. Nested roll carts weaving through busy stockrooms, wind turbine blades inching through production stages – both tasks for an electric tugger, but both need very different machines and setups.

That's exactly why we group our products into three ranges: Compact, Performance, and Ultra. Covering different weight capacities from 600 lbs.to 660,000 lbs. and making it easier to understand the machine you might need.

Compact range – up to 6,600 lbs.

Our Compact range of electric tuggers are built for the everyday material handling that keeps manufacturing, retail, logistics, and food & beverages operations moving. Think loaded or nested roll cages, kitting carts, stillages, trailers; the loads that get pushed and pulled by hand, too often leading to preventable injuries.

Small but mighty, our Compact electric tuggers allow a single operator to move up to 6,600 lbs. with total control, to streamline your material handling processes and eliminate manual handling risks. Designed for safer, controlled movement of loads whilst protecting your staff, our Compact tuggers are built to be small and maneuverable – ideal for threading loads through tight spaces and positioning awkward equipment precisely.

The range includes our SmartMover, MasterTow, MasterTug, and AllTerrain series. So whether you need to push, tow, or maneuver, there is a machine built for exactly that.

Performance range – up to 154,000 lbs.

As loads get heavier, the challenge of moving them becomes more complex; balancing maneuverability across congested sites with traction, durability, and control.

Our Performance range of electric tuggers handle the load moving that is complex and risky – too much for traditional handling equipment to cope with; taking on the heavy-duty loads weighing up to 154,000 lbs., ideal for industrial manufacturing, foundries, energy, and heavy assembly sectors.

This is where a single operator can take on loads that would traditionally call for a crane, forklift, and a whole team, and instead move them with one heavy-duty machine. These tuggers are engineered for the toughest environments: rough flooring, outdoor yards, slopes, and relentless round-the-clock use.

The broadest of our three product ranges, spanning the MasterTug, MasterTow, AllTerrain, MasterHandler, PowerSteered, and Trailer Moving System. With advanced control technology options, from remote control for maximum operator visibility through to multi-machine synchronization for even more load-moving power, and fully autonomous AGVs for scalable repeatability.

Ultra range – up to 660,000 lbs.

Some loads are simply too large or heavy for one machine to handle, and risk damage when shunting with forklift trucks. Move the impossible with our Ultra range of electric tugs, powered by our patented MultiLink technology which connects and synchronizes up to four high-capacity PowerSteered tuggers so they work in unison as a single system.

Each machine receives continuous instructions to apply balanced, equal traction which means that one operator can move loads up to 660,000 lbs. with an intuitive remote control – no twisting, no flexing, just precision movement of high-value loads.

Ultra solutions are purpose-built for the loads that are hardest to move: long components that need support at several points to prevent flexing, awkward assemblies that need to rotate or crab in different directions to fit into tight bays, and high-value assets where risk of damage just isn't an option. Four built-in steer modes give operators complete control and freedom of movement, with bespoke steer options available for anything more specialist.

The right fit when your loads weigh up to 660,000 lbs. or are just too big and fragile to move any other way without risking costly damage.

Collaborating has never been easier

No matter the load you're moving, from roll cages and linen carts to aero engines and rockets, our extensive range of electric tuggers have been engineered to solve your exact challenges. With 30 years' experience in material handling across a huge range of industries, we're the go-to experts for a reason – and chances are, we've met your exact challenge before.

Working with us is as simple as telling us the material handling challenge you're facing, and we will solve it – no matter how complex. 100% in-house, our engineering team can develop a solution that addresses your exact challenges, from our extensive range of couplings to completely custom designs.

Explore our product ranges today to start protecting your team and boosting operational efficiency at a time when it's never mattered more.