front-end loader
noun
: a usually wheeled vehicle with a hydraulically operated scoop in front for excavating and loading loose material
called also front loader
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Casa Grande couple Dianna and Kenneth Neukircher pulled up at about midday, snapping some shots of the front-end loader and excavator at work.
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Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2023
There are also vehicles that kind of defy trailering, at least under normal circumstances, like the old U.S. military Unimog (pictured above), complete with a hydraulic front-end loader.
—Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 8 Jan. 2023
In September, a construction worker for the same joint venture killed a Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy in a hit-and-run crash with a front-end loader at a work site, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2022
Ultimately, Raum-Suryan and others had to tranquilize the animal and took him back to the water via truck and front-end loader.
—Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022
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Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2023
There are also vehicles that kind of defy trailering, at least under normal circumstances, like the old U.S. military Unimog (pictured above), complete with a hydraulic front-end loader.
—Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 8 Jan. 2023
In September, a construction worker for the same joint venture killed a Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy in a hit-and-run crash with a front-end loader at a work site, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2022
Ultimately, Raum-Suryan and others had to tranquilize the animal and took him back to the water via truck and front-end loader.
—Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022
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“Front-end loader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front-end%20loader. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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