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In the UK machinery market, JCB dominate as far as used Backhoes for sale are concerned. The company makes 50% of all backhoe loaders worldwide, but that percentage is even higher in its home market. No site manager ever got the sack for buying a JCB backhoe, but other manufacturers are worth considering – try the Case range, for example, and there are always some older New Holland examples on the market. The backhoe loader is suitable for many applications including construction, small demolitions, light transportation of building materials, powering building equipment, digging holes/excavation, landscaping, breaking asphalt, and paving roads.
Interested in Backhoe Loader History? Read on below.
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A Brief History – the Backhoe Loader
JCB claim to have invented the backhoe loader with a prototype back in 1953 – it looked a lot like a tractor with some attachments bolted on – and that’s more or less what it was.
J I Case claim to have the first Backhoe loader to market as early as 1957, but in the UK we associate JCB to backhoe loaders in the same way as ‘Hoover’ is to vacuum cleaners.
Over the years there have been many advances in technology, but a modern day backhoe looks very similar to the first prototype nearly 70 years ago.
Latest News About Backhoe Loaders
First New DualDrive JCB 4CX
A civil engineering and groundworks contractor has bought one of the first JCB DualDrive backhoe loaders in Scotland. Purchased by Greenlaw-based B&K Hume Groundworks from dealer Scot JCB, the brand new 4CX Pro DualDrive machine has been bedecked in unique pearlescent orange paintwork designed to catch the sunlight. DualDrive feature allows the operator to drive...
ONE MILLION JCB BACKHOE MILESTONE CELEBRATED
JCB has celebrated a major machine milestone with the production of its one millionth Backhoe Loader. The first JCB Backhoe rolled off the production line in Rocester, Staffordshire in 1953. Called the Mark One, it brought the new wonder of hydraulic power to construction equipment for the first time. In the first full year of...
Truck & Plant Pages Issue 249 is out now
Browse the photo lineages on this week’s magazine on page 26 and you’ll see Plantmaster’s ‘Deal of the Week’ where we highlight a special machine. This week sees a 2014 JCB 3CX Sitemaster with low hours and is in great condition. Remember, there’s always tonnes of farm machinery for sale at our sister site www.farmmachinerypages.co.uk...
Truck & Plant Pages Issue 241 is out now
Here’s a neat and tidy looking JCB backhoe on the cover of this week’s magazine. It’s a 2014 model 3CX P21 Sitemaster with a 4 in 1 front bucket, rear extender and hammerline. Showing low hours, this machine would look good on any work site. Remember, there’s a choice of around 100 backhoe loaders for...
Towing Trailers Behind Wheeled Plant now Legal
JCB was amongst others celebrating after securing a change in regulations which will allow trailers to be towed on the road by wheeled construction machinery – potentially saving customers thousands of pounds a year. The decision affects towing rules in England, Scotland and Wales and has seen the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) create a new...
