BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) - The integrated tractor backhoe-loader is as common on construction sites as workers in hard hats. But few realize the revolutionary machine was developed at the Case New ...

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 ...

Backhoe-loaders tend to be used primarily for backhoe work. Yet, you can quickly enhance ROI by tailoring them for front end loader applications with features and options such as 4WD, various types of ...

Both excavators and backhoes are large machines capable of moving large quantities of dirt and debris, but there are plenty ...

In the years following World War II, two trends in equipment evolution converged to create what has become one of today’s most ubiquitous construction machines— the backhoe loader. Following their ...

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 ...