Backhoe

A backhoe, also called a rear actor or back actor, is a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of an articulated arm (also called a stick or dipper). Modern backhoes are powered by hydraulics. They are typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader. (Similar attachments for skid loaders are still called backhoes even though they are mounted on the front of the vehicle.)

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A backhoe attached to a swiveling cab on top of tracks is called an excavator.

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The British company JCB developed the early backhoes. Their first tractor equipped with both a backhoe and a loading scoop was completed in 1953 and set the standard pattern for all future designs. Because of this backhoe-equipped diggers are commonly called 'JCBs' in the UK. The founder of the JCB company holds the honour of being the only non-American in the US construction industry's Hall of Fame.

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A backhoe is an excavator. Sometimes people call JCBs "excavators," but JCBs (3cx, 414, 416, 4cx) also have loader sides. That's why it is called a backhoe loader. The picture on right hand shows a backhoe attachment fitted on the front of a Skid loader.

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Hydraulics: Hydraulics is a branch of science and engineering concerned with the mechanical properties of liquids. It is part of the more general discipline of fluid power. The word "hydraulics" comes from the Greek word ὑδϱαυλικός (hydraulikos) which in turn ...

Tractor: A tractor (from Latin trahere "to pull") is a device intended for drawing, towing or pulling something which cannot propel itself and, often, powering it too. Most commonly the word is used to describe a vehicle intended for such a task on some other vehicle or object....

Front loader: A front loader can be a...

Backhoe related Images and Photos (experimental)

LEGO Technic 8069 Backhoe Loader