“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 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, ...

This brand-new JCB backhoe loader is supposed to put the electrochemical potential of the hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine on display as soon as possible. The British government announced ...

JCB celebrated a unique milestone as its 750,000th backhoe-loader rolled off the production line in Rocester, Staffordshire – the very location where the first JCB backhoe was manufactured almost 70 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In contrast to modifying a lawn or small agricultural tractor with a bolted-on loader and backhoe frame, JCB set out to design a "true" construction backhoe-loader for the 10-foot dig depth class. The ...