Wikipedia

Robur LO 3000

The Robur LO 3000 is a 3-ton lorry made by the East German industrial vehicle manufacturer VEB Robur-Werke Zittau from 1973 until 1984. The vehicle was sold under IFA's Robur brand. It is the civilian rear-wheel drive Robur model of its time, and was produced alongside the all-wheel drive Robur LO 2002 A model. The LO 3000 is powered by an air-cooled Otto (petrol) engine; a dieselised version of the LO 3000, called the LD 3000, was made from 1982 until 1984, albeit in small numbers. As with its predecessors, the LO 3000 was made in several different versions. The VEB made the vehicle with two different wheelbase options, and offered more than twenty different body styles,[1] including a bus version.[2]

LO 3000
LO 3000 double-cab
Overview
Type3-ton lorry
ManufacturerVEB Robur-Werke Zittau
Also calledEllo
Production1973–1984
AssemblyEast Germany: Zittau
Body and chassis
Class3.0 t truck
Body styleForward control truck
LayoutFront engine, rear-wheel-drive
PlatformRobur
RelatedLO 3001, LD 3000, LD 3001
Powertrain
EngineLO 4/2 (Otto, 3345 cm3, 55 kW)
TransmissionManual five-speed synchromesh gearbox
PropulsionTyres
Dimensions
Wheelbase3025 mm or 3270 mm
Length6075 mm
Width2405 mm
Height2490 mm
Kerb weight2600 kg
Chronology
PredecessorRobur LO 2501
SuccessorRobur LO 3001

Compared with its predecessor, the LO 3000 has a more powerful engine, ball-and-nut steering, an improved braking system, and thus a higher payload. From 1972 until 1979, the East German design bureaus designed a successor for the Robur LO 3000 – alongside the IFA L60 –, the O611/D609. Despite this design's progression to a point where it could have been put into series production, it was abandoned in favour of keeping the LO 3000 in production. In 1985, the LO 3000 was eventually replaced by the LO 3001, a version of the LO 3000 with minor modifications such as smaller wheels and a skid plate.[3]

Robur O611/D609 series in 1975


Technical description

edit

The LO 3000 is a small, two-axle lorry designed for a payload of 3000 kg. It is based upon a conventional forward control, body-on-frame design with a longitudinally mounted front engine, and rear-wheel drive. The frame is a flexible ladder frame welded together from two U-profile longitudinal members with four round cross members, two U-profile cross members, and a rear cross member designed for a trailer hitch; the maximum permissible trailer mass is 2600 kg.[4] In front, the LO 3000 has a forged stub axle (dead beam axle), in rear it has a simple tubular type live axle that consists of two axle tubes that are flanged to the axle's differential gearbox. Both axles are leaf-sprung and fitted with two hydraulic shock absorbers each. The steering system is a conventional ball-and-nut system. Untypical of a lorry, the LO 3000 has a vacuum-assisted hydraulic dual-circuit braking system[5] with – typical of a 3-ton lorry – duo servo drum brakes. Unlike its off-road lookalikes, the LO 3000 has tapered bead seat rims and 6.50–20 inch crossply tyres.[4]

The lorry is powered by an LO 4/2 Otto (petrol) engine. The LO 4/2 is an air-cooled, 3.345 dm3, straight-four, four-stroke engine with a cast iron crankcase, four finned single cylinders, and four crossflow cylinder heads. It has a forged crankshaft with three bearings, aluminium pistons, and a chain-driven camshaft that is located in the crankcase.[6] Each cylinder head has high-squish combustion chambers,[7] and is fitted with two overhead valves. The LO 4/2 engine has a BVF 36 F1–8 downdraught carburettor.[6] From the engine, the torque is sent through a dry single-disc clutch to a WF23K1S4M five-speed manual constant-mesh gearbox, designed for an input torque of 226 N·m. It has synchromesh on all gears except first and reverse.[8]

Technical specifications

edit
 
Rear view
 
Robur LO 3000 bus
 
Robur LO 3000 single-cab crane
 
LO 3000 based mobile pharmacy
 
Robur LO 3000 bus
Technical specifications
Robur LO 3000
Engine
Engine type LO 4/2
Operating principle and layout Straight-four, air-cooled, four-stroke, OHV otto engine
with crossflow cylinder heads, downdraught carburetter and battery ignition system
Bore × Stroke,
Displacement 		95 × 118 mm,
3345 cm3
Rated power (TGL 8346) 75 PS (55.2 kW) at 2800 min−1
Max. torque 23 kp⋅m (225.6 N⋅m) at 1900 min−1
Fuel type VK 79 (leaded petrol, 79 RON)
Compression (ε) 6.4±0.2
Lowest fuel consumption <326 g/(kW·h) at 2200 min−1
Source, unless otherwise stated [9]
Powertrain
Layout Front engine, rear-wheel drive
Differential locks No differential locks
Tyres 4× 6.5—20″ single tyres
Clutch T20-30 K single-disc dry clutch
Gearbox Five-speed manual synchromesh gearbox;
first gear and reverse gear unsynchronised;
dog-leg shifter
Measurements
Length 6075 mm
Width 2405 mm
Height 2490 mm
Wheelbase 3025 mm
Track width front: 1560 mm
rear: 1530 mm
Ground clearance 250 mm
Top speed 85 km/h
Mass 2600 kg
Payload 3100 kg
GVW 5700 kg
Fuel tank 90 L
Fuel consumption (TGL 39-852) 18 L/100 km[10]
Source, unless otherwise stated [11]
Electrical system
Generator DC generator, 41.7 A, 12 V, 0.5 kW
Battery 1 × Lead-acid battery, 12 V, 84 A·h
Starter 12 V, 1.3 kW

References

edit
  1. ^ VEB Robur-Werbe Zittau (ed.): Werkstatthandbuch LD–LO 3000/3000A/2002A, VEB Fachbuchverlag Leipzig 1981, p. 11 (in German)
  2. ^ Martin Harák: Autobusy a trolejbusy východního bloku, Grada Publishing a.s., 2013, ISBN 9788024789064, p. 142–144
  3. ^ Oswald, Werner (ed.): Kraftfahrzeuge der DDR, (2nd ed.), Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-613-01913-2, p. 222 (in German)
  4. ^ a b VEB Robur-Werbe Zittau (ed.): Werkstatthandbuch LD–LO 3000/3000A/2002A, VEB Fachbuchverlag Leipzig 1981, p. 16 (in German)
  5. ^ VEB Robur-Werbe Zittau (ed.): Werkstatthandbuch LD–LO 3000/3000A/2002A, VEB Fachbuchverlag Leipzig 1981, p. 15 (in German)
  6. ^ a b VEB Robur-Werbe Zittau (ed.): Reparaturhandbuch für den Motor Typ LO 4/2 für die Nutzkraftwagen LO 3000 und LO 2002 A, VEB Fachbuchverlag Leipzig 1978, p. 9 (in German)
  7. ^ VEB Robur-Werbe Zittau (ed.): Reparaturhandbuch für den Motor Typ LO 4/2 für die Nutzkraftwagen LO 3000 und LO 2002 A, VEB Fachbuchverlag Leipzig 1978, p. 28 (in German)
  8. ^ VEB Robur-Werbe Zittau (ed.): Werkstatthandbuch LD–LO 3000/3000A/2002A, VEB Fachbuchverlag Leipzig 1981, p. 14 (in German)
  9. ^ VEB Robur-Werbe Zittau (ed.): Reparaturhandbuch für den Motor Typ LO 4/2 für die Nutzkraftwagen LO 3000 und LO 2002 A, VEB Fachbuchverlag Leipzig 1978, p. 8 (in German)
  10. ^ VEB Robur-Werbe Zittau (ed.): Reparaturhandbuch für den Motor Typ LO 4/2 für die Nutzkraftwagen LO 3000 und LO 2002 A, VEB Fachbuchverlag Leipzig 1978, p. 32 (in German)
  11. ^ Oswald, Werner (ed.): Kraftfahrzeuge der DDR, (2nd ed.), Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-613-01913-2, p. 228 (in German)
edit
 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robur LO 3000.
Robur lorries from 1960 until 1991
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
LO 2500
LD 2500
LO 1800 A
LO 2501
LD 2501
LO 1801 A
LO 3000
LO 2002 A
LD 3000
LD 2002 A
LO 3001
LD 3001
LO 3002
LD 3002
LD 3004
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robur_LO_3000&oldid=1110153671"