Afront loader comprising: a boom actuator configured to pivotally drive a boom along a vertical direction relative to a traveling vehicle body about a first pivot axis which is oriented along a right/left direction; a bucket actuator configured to pivotally drive a bucket along the vertical direction relative to the boom about a second pivot axis which is oriented along the right/left direction; a boom angle detector for detecting a vertical pivot angle of the boom; a bucket angle detector for detecting a vertical pivot angle of the bucket relative to the boom; a calculating section for calculating a ground pivot angle (i.e. pivot angle relative to the ground surface) of the bucket based on an output from the boom angle detector and an output from the bucket angle detector; a manual controlling section for controlling operations of the boom actuator and the bucket actuator based on an operational instruction outputted from an instruction operational tool; and a ground angle maintaining controlling section for controlling the operation of the bucket actuator based on an output from the calculating section such that a ground pivot angle of the bucket may be maintained constant irrespective of any vertical pivotal movement of the boom; characterised in that the ground angle maintaining controlling section is configured such that: determination of whether a vertical pivot angle of the boom is within a set angle range measured from an elevation limit angle of the boom or not is made under a stopped state of the boom; when the instruction operational tool outputs an operational instruction for boom lowering, irrespective of result of said determination, based on this operational instruction, an elevation control operation for the bucket actuator is initiated, prior to initiation of a lowering control operation for the boom actuator by the manual controlling section; when the instruction operational tool outputs an operational instruction for boom elevation, if the determination results indicates the vertical pivot angle being outside said set angle range, based on said operational instruction, a lowering control operation for the bucket actuator is initiated, prior to initiation of an elevation control operation for the boom actuator by the manual controlling section; whereas, if the determination results indicates the vertical pivot angle being within said set angle range, the lowering control operation for the bucket actuator is not effected. a boom actuator configured to pivotally drive a boom along a vertical direction relative to a traveling vehicle body about a first pivot axis which is oriented along a right/left direction; a bucket actuator configured to pivotally drive a bucket along the vertical direction relative to the boom about a second pivot axis which is oriented along the right/left direction; a boom angle detector for detecting a vertical pivot angle of the boom; a bucket angle detector for detecting a vertical pivot angle of the bucket relative to the boom; a calculating section for calculating a ground pivot angle (i.e. pivot angle relative to the ground surface) of the bucket based on an output from the boom angle detector and an output from the bucket angle detector; a manual controlling section for controlling operations of the boom actuator and the bucket actuator based on an operational instruction outputted from an instruction operational tool; and a ground angle maintaining controlling section for controlling the operation of the bucket actuator based on an output from the calculating section such that a ground pivot angle of the bucket may be maintained constant irrespective of any vertical pivotal movement of the boom; characterised in that the ground angle maintaining controlling section is configured such that: determination of whether a vertical pivot angle of the boom is within a set angle range measured from an elevation limit angle of the boom or not is made under a stopped state of the boom; when the instruction operational tool outputs an operational instruction for boom lowering, irrespective of result of said determination, based on this operational instruction, an elevation control operation for the bucket actuator is initiated, prior to initiation of a lowering control operation for the boom actuator by the manual controlling section; when the instruction operational tool outputs an operational instruction for boom elevation, if the determination results indicates the vertical pivot angle being outside said set angle range, based on said operational instruction, a lowering control operation for the bucket actuator is initiated, prior to initiation of an elevation control operation for the boom actuator by the manual controlling section; whereas, if the determination results indicates the vertical pivot angle being within said set angle range, the lowering control operation for the bucket actuator is not effected. if the determination results indicates the vertical pivot angle being outside said set angle range, based on said operational instruction, a lowering control operation for the bucket actuator is initiated, prior to initiation of an elevation control operation for the boom actuator by the manual controlling section; whereas, if the determination results indicates the vertical pivot angle being within said set angle range, the lowering control operation for the bucket actuator is not effected.