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Wheel loaders, also known as front end or bucket loaders, are used primarily for material handling, digging, road building, site preparation and load-and-carry. Starting as small agricultural tractors outfitted with a loader bucket to transport light materials, these machines evolved, first as rigid frame wheel loaders in the late 1930s, then to articulated wheel loaders in the 1940s.
As wheel loaders increased in size, safety concerns arose, particularly concerning the positioning of the loader pivot arm. These concerns ledto the adoption of a front mounted pivot in the late 1950s. Hough was one of the first manufacturers to produce a wheel loader with a safer design, followed quickly by Caterpillar, Case and Allis-Chalmers. Today's wheel loaders are comprised of a pivoted frame with the engine mounted over the rear wheels. A cab or canopy rests over the frame. The machine's pivot arrangement gives the wheel loader the ability to work in small turning circles.
Komatsu's new WA700-8 is a powerful and efficient addition to its range of wheel loaders designed for quarry operations and aggregate producers.
Liebherr will be displaying multiple machines at its booth at The WasteExpo 2024, including the LH 22 C Industry material handler and the L 550 XPower wheel loader.
The 2024 ISRI Convention and Expo takes place in Las Vegas from April 15-18, 2024. Liebherr displays multiple machines at its booth, including the LH 40 M Industry material handler, L 550 XPower wheel loader and R 922 powerhand crawler excavator.
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