Wheel loader facts for kids

A wheel loader or a shovel uses a controlled arm to put materials into a dumptruck, onto a conveyor belt or a feed hopper. Possible materials are: asphalt, demolition debris, dirt, feed, gravel, logs, raw minerals, recycled material, rock, sand, wood chips, etc. There are many types and brands of wheel loaders. The most popular brands are Caterpillar, Volvo, Case, Ahlmann and Komatsu. The type most used is a front end loader.

Images for kids

Tractor mounted loader mechanism
Loader removing snow in Jyväskylä, Finland
Traction chains on a wheel loader
Close-up of articulated steering apparatus
Armored wheel loader of the Israeli Defense Forces
Semi-curved compact loader on a John Deere compact utility tractor
A Hanomag loader
DK45 with and without a toothbar on the bucket
UNIMOG with front loader and excavator attachment (backhoe loader)
A relatively small front loader
A loader with a specialized claw used to move logs at a sawmill
A Caterpillar 930G fitted with a loader rake on a residential construction site in South Florida.
The front of a Caterpillar 930G fitted with loader rake.
HEPCO HWL110-2
Wacker Neuson wheel loaders at a trade fair
Compact utility tractor with a front loader showing two different measurement points for loader capacities
Swingmaster Swingloader
A Liugong ZL50A in Guilin East Railway Station, Guilin, Guangxi, China
VOLVO L60H Articulated loader

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