Several widely used construction machines were originally developed for agriculture. The crawler tractor, skid-steer loader, and backhoe loader, were all first designed for farming applications, and ...

Just as Mark Twain famously said, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” the backhoe loader has not met its demise. Yes, there has been significant erosion in numbers sold—roughly 50 ...

As jobsites continue to become smaller and smaller, and advancements in hydraulic and engine systems occur at an exceedingly fast pace, operators are demanding compact, powerful machines that enable ...

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 ...

The backhoe loader, or backhoe for short, has been pulling double duty on construction sites for nearly eighty years. Rigid dipper shovels had been in use since 1835, but in 1947, a couple of ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global backhoe loaders market report until 2021. This research report also lists 17 other prominent ...

CASE Construction Equipment unveiled “Project Zeus” - the all-new, all-electric CASE 580 EV backhoe loader, which turns out to be the first in the industry. We already saw electric excavators, loaders ...

Watch this backhoe loader carry a fully loaded front bucket across an active construction site. Built for versatile ...

Less varied than tractors when it comes to horsepower, the key to shopping for backhoes is their digging depth capacity. In 1982 Dave came to Successful Farming as a senior editor first covering ...