The key innovations of the product are the vertical lift loader arms on an articulating frame and the mechanical self-levelling Z-bar bucket linkage on a vertical lift loader.

At LiuGong?s 13th Global Dealer Conference, the company has launched its revolutionary new product - the vertical lift wheel loader. The key innovations of the product are the vertical lift loader arms on an articulating frame and the mechanical self-levelling Z-bar bucket linkage on a vertical lift loader - both industry firsts. The vertical lift was developed as an innovative way to increase customer value when purchasing a loader. Vertical lift accentuates the wheel loader?s primary function: lifting and carrying a load, by providing a heavier tipping load and a higher lift height than conventional wheel loaders of the same power and weight. Fuel costs are greatly reduced since the reduced operating weight of the vertical lift machine allows more tonne material to be moved per horsepower than with a conventional radial lift machine. This allows customers to move more tonne per hour for lower initial investment, and lower owning and operating costs than would be required with conventional technology. Since the vertical lift wheel loader shares its basic technology with all other LiuGong wheel loaders, the reliability and durability of the vertical lift machines equals what customers have come to associate with other LiuGong wheel loaders.

The idea of vertical lift loader technology was first generated in 2010 and then started and further developed in 2011.