The world’s first hillside combine harvester with both longitudinal and lateral tilt—the Laverda M 100 AL—came onto the market in 1971. Subsequent AL models included, among others, the M 112, M 3300 and M 3350. During the 1990s L-series era, the hillside models 3550 AL and New Holland 3560 AL were still based on 3000-series technology. The 3560 AL was a four-rotor machine with a 170 hp engine and a 480 cm cutterbar.

In the early 2000s, Laverda introduced the five-rotor 2450 AL, which in terms of technology corresponded to the other five-rotor Laverdas of the time; at the same time, the 3560 was replaced by the 1740 AL. Its successor, the 184 AL unveiled in 2003, featured a more powerful engine, a larger grain tank and the cab of a newer model. As the follow-up to the 2450 AL, Laverda then introduced the five-rotor 255 AL, which is permanently four-wheel drive; unlike its “little brother,” it is equipped with the MCS after-threshing system.

The AL models’ threshing unit remains horizontal through 30° of fore-and-aft tilt and 40° of side-to-side tilt. In later 255 AL 4WD models, engine output reached 245 hp.

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