JCB's new Generation 214 backhoe-loader showed itself aggressive but fuel-efficient in trenching and excavating comparisons with its 214 Series-3 predecessor (background). The new machine, which rolls ...

“Many times, people say that the backhoe-loader market is a declining market – it’s shrinking, backhoes are going away. And that’s not true,” says Diego Butzke, product manager, JCB. While he ...

JCB is celebrating 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 ...

JCB has this week unveiled its latest generation of backhoe loaders, with a large number of new features that aim to boost worldwide sales of the machine it launched 70 years ago. Richard Brooks, ...

And, to make it an even more special day, the team welcomed retired JCB welder Ken Harrison, aged 100, to join in the celebrations. The first JCB backhoe rolled off the production line in Rocester, ...

Centenarian Ken Harrison was today a guest of honour at celebrations to mark the production of JCB’s one millionth backhoe loader as the last known survivor of the original team that built the first ...

According to manufacturers, backhoe-loader buyers are increasingly selecting machines with attachment couplers to better utilize their machine investment. Among manufacturers of backhoe-loaders with ...

JCB is celebrating 60 years of its iconic backhoe loader. The world’s first backhoe rolled off the British firm’s assembly line back in 1953, making 2013 the machine’s diamond anniversary. Its concept ...

JCB has passed the production milestone of 500,000 backhoe loaders, with its half-millionth machine a 5CX destined for a customer in Russia. JCB’s founder, Joseph Cyril Bamford, invented the backhoe ...

JCB is now fitting its own Stage IIIB/Interim Tier 4 compliant engines to its telescopic handlers and 3CX & 4CX backhoe loaders. JCB has launched new backhoe loaders and telescopic handlers, along ...