Tag: backhoe loader

Construction Equipment

At 75 years, a look back at JCB’s construction equipment milestones

Long before there were tech companies bragging about their humble starts in a garage, Joseph Cyril Bamford used a tiny garage to create his first product—a tipping trailer—from World War II scrap. The company Bamford founded—JCB—is now celebrating its 75th anniversary, a year in which it also produced its 750,000th backhoe. Worldwide it now employs […]

October 23, 2020

Equipment Experts

Case updates N Series backhoes with new PowerBoost function, host of other upgrades

Case Construction Equipment has launched a major update for its N Series backhoe loader lineup that brings several meaningful upgrades to these machines. Leading off this 2019 model year update is a feature Case says is an industry exclusive. It’s called PowerBoost and allows the operator to get a “momentary boost of increased hydraulic power” […]

November 14, 2018

Construction Equipment

Case updates N Series backhoes with new PowerBoost function, host of other upgrades

Case Construction Equipment has launched a major update for its N Series backhoe loader lineup that brings several meaningful upgrades to these machines. Leading off this 2019 model year update is a feature Case says is an industry exclusive. It’s called PowerBoost and allows the operator to get a “momentary boost of increased hydraulic power” […]

November 14, 2018

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

Dealers

As India’s demand grows, Doosan Bobcat opens backhoe plant in Chennai

India has the third largest compact equipment market in the world. Doosan Bobcat has swooped into the market with a backhoe loader plant at the heart of it all.

August 22, 2018

Construction Equipment

These are the forgotten inventors of the backhoe, new book claims

A new book gives the credit to two men in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, with developing the world’s first backhoe. Read more on this at Equipment World.

July 6, 2018

Construction Equipment

Backhoes are getting better as CTLs, compact excavators chip away at market share

The response of backhoe OEMs? Make their machines even better at the many things they do. The sales of compact track loaders and compact excavators have exploded and one machine within that burst radius is the backhoe. Many contractors have made CTLs and compact excavators their go-to machines while their backhoes sit idle or are […]

April 21, 2017

Construction Equipment

John Deere unveils Fixstern: A lightweight vision for the backhoe of the future

Off to one side at Deere’s ConExpo booth, attendees were asked to don a set of virtual reality goggles to get a glimpse of Deere’s vision of what a backhoe might look like in 10 or more years. Dubbed “Fixstern”—which is German for “fixed star”—the project behind the VR experience is the creation of Deere […]

April 19, 2017

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Backhoe sales and buyer trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price services.

October 14, 2016

Construction Equipment

The new 710L: John Deere’s largest backhoe gets a power boost

In bringing its largest backhoe into the L Series fold, John Deere has implemented several updates into the new 710, including a sizable boost in power. The 710L is the latest backhoe to join the L Series, introduced in April 2015, and is powered by a Tier 4 Final Deere PowerTech Plus engine providing 148 […]

May 9, 2016

Construction Equipment

Who wants a skip loader? Why Caterpillar brought it back with the 415F2 IL

Though Caterpillar quietly displayed its new skip loader to the public at World of Concrete in February and provided us with the details on the machine a few weeks later, the company used a press event at its headquarters in Peoria last week to formally announce the 415F2 IL to the media with a walkaround that […]

March 21, 2016

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Man arrested after attacking neighbor’s home with a backhoe in New York

A New York man was arrested over the weekend after attempting to end a dispute with a neighbor by attacking the man’s home with a backhoe. According to a release from the New York State Police, troopers responded to a call in High Falls Sunday where 51-year-old William D. Dalton is accused of doing quite a bit of damage […]

June 26, 2015