Robur LO 3000

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]