Buddy L

[1] Buddy "L" toys were originally manufactured by the Moline Pressed Steel Company, which was started by Fred A. Lundahl in 1910.

[2] Buddy L made such products as toy cars, dump trucks, delivery vans, fire engines, construction equipment,[3] and trains.

[1] He started by making a toy dump truck out of steel scraps for his son Buddy.

[7] On 31 August 2000, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall for about 113,000 battery-powered children's riding vehicles, marketed as "Power Drivers" or "Buddy L", for repair.

The vehicles' battery chargers can overheat, presenting fire and injury hazards to children.