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.
Compact wheel loaders have proven themselves across construction sites, municipalities, landscaping, agriculture and waste and recycling applications for years.
The New Holland Construction compact wheel loader (CWL) portfolio is growing. Three new, advanced C series models — the W60C, W70C and W80C LR — lead the 2024 expansion of the CWL lineup.
For any wheel loader operator who has spent too much time trying to get just the right amount of material loaded into a truck, the ideal solution has arrived.
Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas announced that it would begin taking orders for the ZW310-7 wheel loader from select authorized dealers.
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.
Mecalac, a global designer, manufacturer and distributor of compact construction equipment for urban environments, launches the AT1050 telescopic wheel loader for the North American market.
John Deere has introduced the 444 G-Tier wheel loader as part of its performance tiering strategy, offering customers a model that provides reliability without the extras that they would find in a P-Tier or X-Tier machine.
Yanmar Compact Equipment introduced the all-new 47.6-hp V7 compact wheel loader to the North American market.
HEVI Corp. , the developer and manufacturer of the first commercially available all-electric heavy equipment and portable charging solutions, announced that it won a bid from Maryland's Port of Baltimore for the purchase of a new GEL-5000 electric wheeled front loader, which will help electrify the fleet of one of America's busiest shipping ports.