To celebrate its heritage as the inventor of the original backhoe loader, global construction equipment manufacturer JCB kicked off a demonstration tour of its high-speed military backhoe loader ...

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 ...

JCB has manufactured its 750,000th backhoe loader. It was produced in Rocester, Staffordshire, U.K., the same location where the first JCB backhoe was manufactured almost 70 years ago. In 1953, ...

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 ...

A JCB has been crowned the fastest digger in the world after reaching 72mph. The Staffordshire-built yellow and black specially-modified JCB GT construction vehicle took the title of fastest backhoe ...

A JCB has been crowned the fastest digger in the world after reaching 72mph. The Staffordshire-built yellow and black specially-modified JCB GT construction vehicle took the title of fastest backhoe ...

The world-famous JCB GT has been crowned the fastest digger on earth after reaching speeds of more than 70 miles an hour in Australia. The JCB GT – originally designed to perform high-speed wheelies ...

JCB, the creator and world’s number one manufacturer of the backhoe loader, recently celebrating production of the one millionth machine. Published Feb 13 As reported in last month's Farmer, ...