One in three backhoe loader users say they have replaced one of these workhorses with either a mini excavator or a mini ex combined with a skid steer or compact track loader, according to a new survey ...

Because equipment suppliers recognize that excavators and backhoe-loaders may be used in craning applications, many are adding features to facilitate these tasks. For example, Caterpillar excavators ...

Despite taking a serious hit in sales during the economic downturn in recent years, and despite having its job-site presence challenged by the likes of mini-excavators, large skid steer loaders, and ...

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The modern backhoe-loader traces its lineage to a hydraulic digging attachment developed in the late 1940s Some basic concepts that still survive today were developed during this same time period.

Industrial equipment — skid-steer loaders, wheel loaders, excavators and backhoes — has become agriculture’s mechanical equivalent of a utility player. Planters, combines and sprayers are ...