“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 ...

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 ...

To mark 70 years of manufacturing its backhoe loaders, JCB is producing 70 platinum editions of its 3CX and 4CX models. The first JCB model was manufactured in 1953, combining a lightweight backhoe ...

Backhoe-loaders continue to be a dominant force on today's jobsites. Here we offer you the latest specs for both large and small backhoe-loaders. Backhoe-loaders continue to be a dominant force on ...

Both JCB and its long-time chairman, Lord Anthony Bamford, are celebrating their 70th birthday this year — so it with apt timing that the British machinery brand recently decided to launch its latest ...

JCB, the creator and world’s number one manufacturer of the backhoe loader, recently celebrating production of the one millionth machine. Sign Up and be kept in the loop each and every day with our ...

JCB has launched the 3CX Compact designed from scratch to provide the ultimate balance between strength and flexibility to meet the demands of today’s confined and challenging work environments.

1940s: Company founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford with the creation of the first tipping trailer. 1950s: Invents the first backhoe loader. Moves to Rocester, England, becomes a registered company. 1960s: ...

SAVANNAH, Ga., July 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JCB, a global leader in construction equipment, has secured a five-year, $45 million contract to provide 4CX backhoe loaders to the United States ...

Elton Long, mechanical engineer who lead the design team that developed the first American-made, integrated loader backhoe, died April 6 in Burlington, Iowa. He was 81 years old. Early in his career, ...