Eric Yeomans, Volvo Construction Equipment product manager—wheel loaders, takes us on a tour of the modified 3-Pass Rehandler version of the Volvo L180H making its debut at this year’s World of Asphalt.
The loader has larger 875/65 R29 tires, a long boom, and a rehandling counterweight, all of which give the loader a higher tipping load, better fuel efficiency, and longer reach to fill a truck in three passes.
The long boom brings an additional 675 lb.-ft. in breakout force and an additional 2 feet of dump clearance. The longer reach also allows the operator to stay farther from the truck while still dumping material into the center of it.
Volvo L180H 3-Pass Rehandler Specifications
- Operating weight: 66,712 lb.
- Gross power: 334 hp
- Rehandling bucket: 7.2 cu.yd.
- Dump clearance: 11’ 9”
- Hinge pin height: 16’ 4”
- Max bucket load: 18,365 lb.
- Static tipping load, straight: 44,820 lb.
- Breakout force: 49,008 lb.-ft.
