When your business hinges on a single machine, it's essential that it be configured to do just about anything its user asks of it. This is certainly true for the Case 580 Super M backhoe loader owned ...

Backhoe-loaders continue to be a dominant force on many jobsites. These versatile units offer the value of two machines in one — with a highly capable loader on one end and an efficient excavating ...

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 ...

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 ...

The trusty backhoe loader is next to join today's list of high-tech earthmovers. Top: New loader can be ordered with advanced electronics. (Photo by Tudor Hampton for ENR.) Soon, Caterpillar Inc. will ...

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 ...