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Large wheel loader models in the oldest from the first models to today old brands new models

trombeur · 2025-10-10 08:42

Large wheel loader models in the oldest from the first models to today old brands new models Hi, rhetorical question, what are the brands and models of large wheel loaders ever built from the beginning to today, besides Caterpillar and Komatsu, old extinct brands like Clark Michigan Dresser and the others. Thanks. Large Rigid Frame Wheel Loaders of the 1950s Before articulation, rigid-frame loaders included a few large-capacity models. www.constructionequipment.com

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  1. #1Deere500a2026-03-18 17:12

    Daddy was letourneau & his crazy prototypes one was SL40.His 40s/50s loaders where gear driven loader arms/bucket designs before his hydraulics cought up to handle 10yd class plus. Dart 600 & Hough 12 track loader & lot small manufacturers like Eimco, Napco & Pettibone

  2. #2Truck Shop2026-03-18 18:02
  3. #3Tones2026-03-18 19:34

    Alis Chambers was also in the mix with their FL and FR series loaders.

  4. #4Deere500a2026-03-18 20:24

    Hough 560? With a ripper setup or a backhoe? Once in a junkyard saw a cute model jd50 size backhoe on the back of a died ex gov early JD855 crawler loader

  5. #5couesaddict2026-03-18 20:42

    Old man we rented laydown yard space from north of Fairbanks when I worked up there five years ago had two of these old 988A’s that he ran most every day. One with a bucket and one with forks. He snaked that 40’ connex through the trees a couple miles down to the gas station he owned. Kicking up dust the whole way too.

  6. #6Truck Shop2026-03-18 20:46

    Couldn't tell you, Lampson just uses it to dress the roads and main yard, has a Cummins VT1710.

  7. #7Deere500a2026-03-18 22:05

    Working at Naval Air Station NV as of 2022 still had a working Hough 560 not sure engine vt or ih in ready line couldn't cross image line to touch the honeys got barked at looking at a 6x6 Freightliner fld dump

  8. #8dayexco2026-03-19 15:03

    my dad bought a 545 allis chalmers in 70, traded for a 545-b fiat allis in 74. loved them both. for underground contractor, the forward bucket curl was amazing and great for project cleanup...the extra 10 degrees articulation made it nice having to backfill on narrow streets, etc.

  9. #9Welder Dave2026-03-20 04:10

    Scoopmobile had the first articulated loader. I think Hough had the D400 loader then the 580.

  10. #10Truck Shop2026-03-20 05:00

    I know where one is setting, still runs.

  11. #11mudfarmer2026-03-23 12:26

    Trojan loaders, made in Batavia, NY. Originally spun out of Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company which eventually became Eaton Yale & Towne after Eaton (yes that one) bought Yale & Towne in the 60s https://tractors.fandom.com/wiki/Trojan_Industries I know of a 164 and a 304 that are in daily use, have done some work on them. Non articulating, steer axles in rear. Detroits