680 Kramer 680 Specifications & Technical Data (2003—2014)

Attachment areas

Technical possibilities from front to back to fully exploit the machine’s strengths and capabilities: the 80 Series models are built for versatility. With Powerflow hydraulics, 3-point adapter with PTO and high-sensitivity steering, you are always guaranteed power with pinpoint accuracy.

Steering modes

Kramer all-wheel steering is legendary. Front-wheel steering mode plays to the vehicle’s strengths when higher speeds are the order of the day, and crab steering offers invaluable aid in conditions of precision working. The models of the 80 Series take every challenge in their stride, driving you towards success in every working process. No matter what. The best steering mode is always the one best-suited to the current situation. With your 80 Series machine you’re kept automatically on the right track. The flexibility of Kramer wheel loaders associated with the Kramer all-wheel steering mode is legendary. Front-wheel steering mode is activated in order to be able to travel faster than 20 kph, so as to guarantee drive performance and safety at higher speeds and in highway traffic. As for the crab steering mode, this is ideal in cramped conditions. It allows the wheel loader to drive up to an object with centimetre precision. This mode also allows tool attachments to be deployed in offset to the drive direction of the wheel loader.

Performance and Quality

An outright winner on the testbed of practical experience: the slim build, optimal power-to-weight ratio and high-grade components guarantee efficient deployment and lasting value for money. The 80 Series models already fulfil all the requirements that in the future will matter more than ever: comprehensive performance specs, stacks in reserve, sensitive hydraulics and practically-orientated equipment within clearly defined categories. High thrust and tear-out forces can be called upon at any time and, thanks to Kramer design principles, are easy and safe to deploy. Long-lasting quality and high availability, supported and assured on the strength of easy maintenance, qualified Kramer partners, tried-and-tested servicing plans and comprehensive guarantees. Incredible flexibility and versatility in deployment.

Pto attachments

An enormous plus-point for even greater flexibility and cost-effectiveness. Using the three-point adapter with PTO, devices such as wood shredders and winches can also be operated. This makes the models of the 80 Series the definitive jacks-of-all-trades.

Ecospeed

Ecospeed is a stepless high-speed drive, co-developed by Kramer, which allies maximum efficiency with optimal environmental sustainability. Ecospeed works intelligently and optimises every second the interplay of drive performance, traction force, fuel consumption and emission values. Ecospeed translates the situational requirements into rapid, direct acceleration and into smooth and silky changes in direction. This enables particularly high handling capacity while at the same time saving on resources, and is highly advantageous when moving intensively back and forth, such as when loading and unloading lorries. The benefits in terms of time savings and operator comfort kick in straightaway.

System bearer

Not only are the wheel loaders of the 80 Series technically sophisticated, they are also sturdy, all-terrain system bearers for the widest variety of tool attachments. They suit the modern world better than ever, since they are compact, powerful, intelligent and enormously adaptable. These are machines with practically limitless possibilities.

Machines become systems. Work becomes processes.

Technology has to serve the workflow. Kramer brings you the edge you require. Future-proofing, ensuring broad possibilities and active support for versatile deployment. Technology that grows as your tasks evolve. Tools for the job that fit like a glove. In the Kramer 80 Series, all this is not just made possible, it is already "built-in".

Standard attachments

With the hydraulic Kramer quick-hitch system, standard tool attachments can be switched with ease from the driver’s seat in less than 10 seconds. Work safer, faster.

Hydraulically operated attachments

Thanks to the proportional technology, the hydraulics can be controlled sensitively, effortlessly and with extreme precision via the joystick. A 3rd control circuit with continuous operation function is integrated as standard. A 4th circuit is available as an option.

Powerflow attachments

Optional high-performance hydraulics with up to 35 kW hydraulic power for the highest performance, even in continuous operation. This means that even power-intensive tool attachments such as cold planers and snowblowers can be operated without any difficulty.

Comfort zones

If you work in comfort, you work a whole lot better. This is why the four comfort zones – cab, seat, controls and easy maintenance access – should in no way be considered as “luxuries”. From the colour coding of the displays to the joystick and adjustable steering column, the needs of the operator always come first.

All-round strengths

All-round strengths. From performance to value-for-money, from easy handling to user comfort, from function to design. A radical rethink that opens up a vista of new perspectives. All underpinned by a solid structure.

Premium quality inside and out

The generously dimensioned Kramer comfort cab is a performance centre with all the character of a cockpit. Safe, broad doorways on both sides of the wheel loader, joystick with function lighting and a panoramic all-round view for the driver in whatever position testify to the design qualities of the 80 Series, both inside and out. The hanging pedals facilitate the cleaning of the cab floor and the ergonomically-shaped driver’s seat can be adjusted, as can the steering column. The situation and form of the controls and of the maintenance access were developed on the basis of practical tests. All this makes the 80 Series not only more comfortable and safer, but also makes it a pleasure to handle. Every aspect makes abundantly clear just how consistently the focus was set on the human operator for whom this spacious and productive workspace was designed.