Tag: Army backhoe

Trucks
JCB to double production of high-speed Army backhoes with $73M contract extension
JCB and DOD have announced plans to extend their partnership. See how JCB plans to increase production for the U.S. Department of Defense on Equipment World.
September 27, 2018
JCB HMEE Event 2018 10 (Large)
Trucks
With 1,000 HMEE high-speed backhoes in service, JCB, U.S. Army officials detail its history, discuss coming remote control capability
JCB's North American headquarters celebrates production of 1,000th High-Mobility Engineer Excavator with the Army and Georgia state officials. Learn more.
September 3, 2018
JCB HMEE Event 2018 15 (Large)
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS: Inside and out JCB’s half truck, half backhoe HMEE Army machine, hot off the assembly line
No. 1 Story in 2015 « No. 2 No. 15 »   [imagebrowser id=228] The typical jobsite has little need for a backhoe with a top-speed of 60 miles per hour. But the battlefields soldiers in the U.S. Army work day-in and day-out aren’t the typical jobsite. In addition to the run-of-the-mill digging jobs, soliders need […]
April 9, 2015
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Construction Equipment
U.S. Army orders $50 million worth of HMEE high-speed backhoes from JCB
The group responsible for the largest order in JCB’s history just asked the British heavy equipment maker to re-up its supply of high-speed backhoes. The U.S. Army has ordered $50 million worth of High Mobility Engineer Excavators (HMEE) from JCB. These 17.5-ton backhoes are capable of reaching speeds up to 60 miles per hour thanks to […]
June 24, 2014
JCB HMEE
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