Ljungby loaders

[Niklas Eriksson]

Hi!

Ljungby maskin is a Swedish manufacturer of wheel loaders and compactors. Here is three pics of the 2nd largest Ljungby, the L25. It has an opperation weight of about 30 metric tons. I have also attached a pic of an older Ljungby loader, 1015.

[Nick Drew]

Hi Niklas,

They certainly make solid looking wheel loaders!!

Thanks for the pics

[Niklas Eriksson]

Hi Nick!

Yes they do indeed! One of the "slogans" (or what to call it) the company haves is that they have to make good wheel loaders since they are a small company and they have alot of larger manufacturers to compete with. So every Ljungby loader needs to be strong and last long.

Not sure if this is true in reality though...

[Ross]

Nice pics. Never heard of the brand.

Any pictures of the compactor line up

Ross

[Niklas Eriksson]

Here is their webpage, http://www.ljungbymaskin.se/

It has a gallery.

Ross>> No sorry, I have never seen a Ljungby compactor IRL...

[Shovelman]

I think it was at the 1989 bauma that I saw these wheel loaders for the first time. Very strong, heavy machines built in a traditional design that certainly still has its place today as it did decades ago.

Have any scale models been produced of these machines?

All the best,

John

[Niklas Eriksson]

No sadly no models have been produced. To small company to want to make models.

Ljungby and Huddig (backhoe loaders) are two Swedish manufacturers many of us modelcollectors are wishing for models...

[Niklas Eriksson]

Here is afew pics of a Ljungby 1530 with a lightmaterial bucket.

[IBH]

I've noticed they don't offer z-bar linkages but parallel ones only

[Niklas Eriksson]

Yes that is correct. They have pararllel bars in all their models.