Useful backhoe jobs beyond digging include removing stumps, hauling materials, clearing snow, grading rough ground, and small ...

The trusty backhoe loader is next to join today's list of high-tech earthmovers. Top: New loader can be ordered with advanced electronics. (Photo by Tudor Hampton for ENR.) Soon, Caterpillar Inc. will ...

On this episode of Digging Deeper, David Young, backhoe specialist at Caterpillar, joins us to talk about the future of the backhoe. Has its dramatic drop in utilization across the construction ...

The F2 Series Caterpillar backhoe-loader range includes refined versions of existing models—416F2, 420F2, and 430F2—as well as the new 415F2. The new center-pivot models meet Tier 4-Final emissions ...

Cat Backhoe Attachments are used for digging footings, drainage ditches, utility trenching, backfilling and maintaining slopes and embankments in a variety of ...

So you've got a big job to do. You're going to need some heavy equipment to get it done. But what kind of heavy equipment, exactly? Which of those big, yellow machines made by Caterpillar is the one ...

The loader backhoe is the latest machine to get digital earthmoving controls, and one manufacturer thinks that contractors will be willing to pay more for the added intelligence. While updating ...

Caterpillar has replaced F2 Series backhoe loaders with new models using the nomenclature without suffixes. Models 415, 416, 420, 420 XE, and 430 use a new engine, the Cat C3.6, that is up to 10 ...

A backhoe loader can make short work of any larger-scale earthmoving project, but renting one from a major retailer like Home ...