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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
Equipment Roundup: HMEE Army backhoe to get remote control; JCB intros canopy TeleSkid; Deere opts for Yanmar engine in new EP backhoe, tractor loader; Harley F-150 is back; 3D, VR crane control coming to U.S.
The newest Equipment Roundup introduces the latest heavy equipment industry news from John Deere, JCB, Ford Motor Company and other heavy equipment companies.
September 10, 2018
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
Trucks
U.S. Army places $142 million order for JCB’s new rough terrain forklifts
The U.S. Army is responsible for the largest order in JCB’s history, and to start 2017, it has placed another historic order with the U.K.-based heavy equipment maker. The Army has ordered 1,600 light-capabilty rough terrain forklifts from JCB to be deployed for loading and unloading aircraft and shipping containers around the world. The $142 million […]
February 10, 2017
Business
JCB at work on 3 more military projects following success of HMEE high-speed, armored backhoe
Ten years into a successful run of manufacturing a high-speed, armored backhoe for the U.S. Army, the machine’s impact is still being felt at JCB, and especially at the company’s North American headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. In a recent report from the Savannah Morning News, JCB detailed how it won its initial $206 million contract—the […]
July 22, 2015
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
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
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