The backhoe was conceived 72 years ago by a Massachusetts company. It created a smaller version of the mechanical steam shovel’s bucket and boom arrangement and attached it to the back of a farm ...

Harbor Freight now sells a towable backhoe for a decent price, but it does have a few limitations. Don't worry, there are a ...

The versatility of the backhoe loader (also called a backhoe) has made it a valuable piece of equipment on a jobsite. According to James Gill, product manager, backhoes, with JCB, “One of the major ...

Mastering the backhoe-loader is a big job because it is really two machines in one. A good operator can improve productivity by employing many of the same principles that make excavators and wheel ...

Among the variety of heavy machines that make today's projects possible, a backhoe loader is especially versatile. This machine features a rear-mounted digging bucket and a front-mounted loader bucket ...

The backhoe loader has a material-handling bucket at the front and an excavating tool (backhoe) at the rear. Most use two large wheels at the rear of the chassis to power the vehicle, and two smaller ...

The modern backhoe-loader traces its lineage to a hydraulic digging attachment developed in the late 1940s. Lee Horton and Dave Willens, co-authors of Wain-Roy and the Invention of the Backhoe ...