Global InformationRobur LO 3000 information
| LO 3000 | |
|---|---|
 LO 3000 double-cab | |
| Overview | |
| Type | 3-ton lorry |
| Manufacturer | VEB Robur-Werke Zittau |
| Also called | Ello |
| Production | 1973–1984 |
| Assembly | East Germany: Zittau |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | 3.0 t truck |
| Body style | Forward control truck |
| Layout | Front engine, rear-wheel-drive |
| Platform | Robur |
| Related | LO 3001, LD 3000, LD 3001 |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | LO 4/2 (Otto, 3345 cm3, 55 kW) |
| Transmission | Manual five-speed synchromesh gearbox |
| Propulsion | Tyres |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 3025 mm or 3270 mm |
| Length | 6075 mm |
| Width | 2405 mm |
| Height | 2490 mm |
| Kerb weight | 2600 kg |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Robur LO 2501 |
| Successor | Robur LO 3001 |
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]
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]
- ^ VEB Robur-Werbe Zittau (ed.): Werkstatthandbuch LD–LO 3000/3000A/2002A, VEB Fachbuchverlag Leipzig 1981, p. 11 (in German)
- ^ Martin Harák: Autobusy a trolejbusy východního bloku, Grada Publishing a.s., 2013, ISBN 9788024789064, p. 142–144
- ^ Oswald, Werner (ed.): Kraftfahrzeuge der DDR, (2nd ed.), Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-613-01913-2, p. 222 (in German)