50 years history and tradition

The production of forest wheeled tractors in Trstená has a long tradition. The development and production of forest harvesting equipment dates back to 1971, when the first pieces of forest wheeled tractors were manufactured and sold. The LKT brand is already known to thousands of satisfied users around the world.

Our company LKT Ltd. continues in the 50-year tradition of production and our know-how ranks us among the leading European manufacturers of forestry wheel technology.

The main production program is the production of forest wheeled tractors in the power range of 50 kW – 120 kW. In addition, the company uses its technological capacity to produce weldments for manufacturers of earthmoving, construction and road machinery.

years of tradition

produced LKT

models in 50+ modifications

countries in the world

exhibitions and shows

The primary goal of the company and all its employees is to supply high-quality, technically reliable and affordable products with secured professional service and original spare parts. A guarantee for the fulfillment of this goal is also the established quality management system.

The LKT brand is a guarantee for our customers that the products we manufacture also meet all technical and environmental standards and regulations.

We believe that if you are considering the purchase of new forest harvesting equipment, you will decide to purchase LKT forest tractor from a Slovak manufacturer with a long tradition.

Ing.Peter Šinál

LKT Director

Our History

Timeline Stories EN

2013

On the market has appeared a new LKT 175, also known as a “combi machine”, which meets the current needs of foresters in the field of logging.

2011

Production of a new type of LKT – LKT 150 tractor has begun.

2009

The most popular model of the LKT 81 was upgraded to the LKT 81 ITL model, which belongs to the best-selling tractors of the modern history of LKT s.r.o.

2002

LKT tractors have been given new colors – green and yellow.

2001

A new model of the LKT 82 tractor came out of Trstená, which after innovations is one of the most successful models of the LKT s.r.o. even today.

1995

The LKT 90 tractors are launched on the market, special due to their new design, comfortable and ergonomic cab equipment and a new automatic transmission system.

1990

The LKT brand and the LKT manufacturing plant in Trstena were a part of the ZTS corporation (Závody Ťažkého Strojárstva – Heavy Machinery Works). After the political changes of 1989 the company began to transform, gain independence and restructuralise.

1989

Beginning of production of the universal wheeled scoop loader UZS 050, used in construction and agriculture as a loader and a digger.

1987

The more effective version called LKT 81 TURBO was launched on the market. Nowadays it is one of the most used pieces of special machinery both in Slovakia and abroad.

1982

The beginning of serial production of the LKT 81 model, produced unchanged until 1993, the amount of the individual machines produced climbed up to 6000.

In the same year the factory in Trstena took over the manufacture of the then most efficient type LKT 120, designed to be exported into the former states of the Soviet Union and into Germany. The machine was manufactured in two basic modifications: the basic machine LKT 120 A and a trailer tractor LKT 120 B designed for wood sliding using a grab claw located on a hinged arm.

1974

The LKT 75 is replaced by a new innovated type LKT 80. The working conditions of the crew and the operating parameters were improved. The tractor got a closed security cab with sliding doors, new driver’s seat and heating system.

Thanks to the high quality and the timeless design of the LKT 80 model, the brand established a special position on the forestry technology market. The production in Trstena reached almost 1000 tractors per years and the company became one of the world’s leaders in this type of forestry technology.

1971

The factory in Trstena manufactured the first five test LKT-75 trailer tractors, which marked the beginning of a new history of the LKT brand focused on manufacture of machinery for mechanisation of forestry works.

The LKT 75 was the first forestry trailer tractor designed and manufactured in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It had a simple construction and it was renowned for its reliability. The construction design of the steering of the tractor based on turning the front and the back frame with fixed axles and unsteered wheels turned out to be very effective and later became the basis for the construction of practically all of the LKT machines.

1969

The plant in Trstená became a part of the then Turčianske strojárne (TEES) Martin, where cabins, engine bonnets for mobile cranes and other components for mobile machines were manufactured, finalized in the TEES company and later ZŤS. Preparations have begun for the production of a new carrier producthave begun – the LKT 75 forest skidder.

1965

The factory in Trstena became a part of TATRA Koprivnice. The production was extended to more components for TATRA passenger cars and lorries.

1961

The tradition of the machinery production begins in Trstena in the KOOH-I-NOR Bilovec factory. Its first production program focused on small parts and mouldings for the car factory TATRA.