When Jim Kennedy uses his big backhoe, a crowd usually gathers. He’s an artist, you see. He runs his massive-toothed monster gouging holes in the backyards of his neighbors, putting in their pipes and ...

A construction crew in North Hills took time out to make one little boy's day, using their full-size backhoe to fill his little dump truck. A construction crew in North Hills took time out to make one ...

For anyone who's ever stared at a toy Tonka truck and a nitro R/C car, just wishing there was some way the two could be combined into one smoke-billowing whip-cracking maniacal machine... your ...

Many rental businesses are coming out of the recent recession with a serious need to replenish their fleet with equipment pieces that can offer high utility at a reasonable acquisition cost. Today's ...

After a series of cases of backhoes being stolen, Big Island police are asking for the public’s help finding the suspects in these cases. “Typically the construction company or the owner is doing work ...

Mastering the backhoe-loader is a big job because it is really two machines in one. A good operator can improve productivity by employing many of the same principles that make excavators and wheel ...

“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 ...

Sales of backhoes are rebounding after the lows of 2008 and 2009, and developing countries are fuelling much of the demand. Murray Pollok reports on some of the latest models jostling for the ...