Wheeled loader
Loading a lorry, taking from a stockpile, feeding a plant.
Its trade is volume on a short cycle, on ground that carries — and nothing else.
Other names for this machine: loader, front loader, shovel.
What it does
the bucket rises in a straight line in front of it — to take from a heap, not to open an excavation.
Diagrammatic silhouette, without dimensions and not to scale.
Loading a lorry, taking from a stockpile, feeding a plant.
Its trade is volume on a short cycle on firm ground.
What it does not do. It does not dig below its own level and it does not work in an enclosed space.
that is what gives it its radius, and what forbids it a cross slope.
Synthetic image.
What governs the fitting of an attachment
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The tool carrier on the arm
Some loaders take a plate that allows the bucket to be exchanged for forks or a grab.
The compatibility is in no way universal and is checked machine by machine. -
The tipping load capacity
It is that, and not the weight of the machine, that bounds what can be carried.
It is read in the manufacturer's documentation, straight ahead and on full lock. -
The density of the material handled
The same bucket does not fill in the same way with sand or with crushed concrete.
The useful volume is calculated on the real density. - The dumping height and reach They decide whether the machine can load the lorry in question, and that question is settled before the tool is bought.
One model, as a reference point
The values below hold for this model only.
They are there to give an order of magnitude to anyone who has none, not to serve as a reference.
- Operating weight
- 14,500 to 17,300 kg depending on the configuration
- Tipping load
- 10,100 kg (machine on full lock)
- Maximum power
- 137 kW at 1,400-1,900 rpm (Volvo D6J)
- Bucket volume
- 2,2 à 7 m³
- Breakout force
- 140 kN
Caveat. The bucket volume announced covers the whole range of tools:
the bucket that can actually be fitted depends on the density of the material handled, not only on the machine.
Source. Product page of the manufacturer Volvo Construction Equipment France,
recorded on 1 September 2026.
These values are those of one precise model, at one precise date. They do not describe a category:
there are no characteristics of a compact loader in general, there are those of the model you have.
They change from one year to the next and never replace the data sheet of your machine.
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