Hello Freshie.
I’d disregard the sales brochures from Schilling for this.
Standard fit on ANY construction orrientated ROV is the T4. Attempting to market an ROV without one into the construction would be virtually impossible.
On paper both arms may look similar – or even give the conan the advantage- but in practice, the conan is next to useless for anything other than basic lifting and shifting. Even then, it has issues lifting heavy loads from certain angles – It’s cast aluminium so the castings have a tendency to crack and break when tasked with lifting (or holding onto something).
The T4 (or earlier T3) is essentially an industry standard. Almost all tooling an construction methodolgy is based around this arm. Clients will expect to see one fitted, and you may find you’re losing contracts if you don’t.
However, if you’re marketing it into the drill support market, it’s probably not going to matter what you have fitted. The average drilling client wouldn’t know a ROV from a JCB. J
The main thing is to be aware that you will be limiting your systems marketability and effectiveness by going for the conan.
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